Continued Promotion of Ceasefire Declaration, Agreement 49.0% vs Disagreement 46.0% 'Tight'

-Responses divided by progressive and conservative ideological tendencies, with a tight split among moderates
-More 'Agree' responses among ages 50-60

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] A public opinion survey asking whether the South Korean government should continue to pursue a declaration of the end of the war between North Korea and the United States showed that opinions are sharply divided.

According to Realmeter's announcement on the 29th, based on a survey conducted on the 28th at the request of YTN's "The News" regarding the degree of agreement on the continuous pursuit of the declaration of the end of the war, 49.0% responded "agree," while 46.0% responded "disagree." The gap is within the margin of error (±4.4 percentage points).

By region, in Gyeonggi·Incheon (agree 48.3% vs disagree 44.5%), Seoul (50.7% vs 45.0%), and Busan·Ulsan·Gyeongnam (42.3% vs 50.4%), opinions were evenly split. In Daejeon·Sejong·Chungcheong (57.7% vs 38.8%) and Gwangju·Jeolla (58.0% vs 38.5%), the proportion of respondents who "agree" was relatively high, while in Daegu·Gyeongbuk (32.9% vs 65.8%), more respondents answered "disagree."

By age group, the responses were nearly even in their distribution among those in their 40s (agree 48.9% vs disagree 47.5%), those aged 70 and above (44.9% vs 45.6%), those in their 30s (48.0% vs 52.0%), and those in their 20s (43.9% vs 50.3%). However, in the 50s (54.6% vs 40.0%) and 60s (52.3% vs 40.8%) age groups, "agree" responses were more prevalent.

By ideological inclination, progressives (agree 66.8% vs disagree 29.8%) and conservatives (37.9% vs 55.1%) showed contrasting results, while moderates (46.6% vs 51.4%) were evenly divided.

By political party support, more than 8 out of 10 respondents in the Democratic Party support group (84.6% vs 11.9%) agreed, whereas in the People Power Party support group (21.4% vs 75.0%), disagreement responses were overwhelmingly higher.

This survey contacted 7,002 people aged 18 and over nationwide, with a final 500 respondents completing the survey, recording a response rate of 7.1%. The sampling error is ±4.4 percentage points at a 95% confidence level.