6 out of 10 Citizens Say "A Law to Ban North Korea Leaflet Distribution Should Be Established"

[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] A public opinion survey revealed that 6 out of 10 citizens support the government's legislation to ban the distribution of leaflets to North Korea.

According to the "2020 2nd Quarter National Unification Opinion Survey" conducted by the National Unification Advisory Council (Minjupyeonghwa Tongil Jaumunhoe, Minjupyeongtong) on 1,000 adults nationwide from the 20th to 21st and released on the 26th, 61.5% of respondents expressed support for "the need to establish a law banning the distribution of leaflets to North Korea to ease military tensions."

Among them, 29.0% were "strongly in favor," and 32.5% were "generally in favor." The proportion of respondents opposing the government's legislation was 33.9%.

Regarding the "parliamentary ratification of the June 15 Joint Declaration and the April 27 Panmunjom Declaration to steadily promote inter-Korean agreements," 54.2% of respondents supported it, while 35.4% opposed.

Concerning the need for inter-Korean health and medical cooperation amid the COVID-19 situation, 61.2% of respondents answered that they "agree."

Additionally, the outlook that "inter-Korean relations will improve" was 28.5%, down 11.8 percentage points from 40.3% in the first quarter. Minjupyeongtong analyzed that North Korea's demolition of the Kaesong Inter-Korean Joint Liaison Office influenced this decline.

Regarding the government's response to North Korea's actions such as the demolition of the liaison office, the responses were as follows: ▲ "Pressure on North Korea through cooperation with the United States and the international community" (41.6%) ▲ "Creating conditions for dialogue after stabilizing the situation" (30.0%) ▲ "Implementing agreements between the two leaders to improve inter-Korean relations" (22.8%).

This survey was conducted via telephone interviews by the professional polling agency "Korea Society Opinion Institute," with a confidence level of 95% and a sampling error of ±3.1 percentage points.

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