A new survey finds that one out of two South Korean youths believes that the nation’s society will improve if the two Koreas reunite. 
 
The survey was jointly conducted by the ministries of unification and education of some 119-thousand students in 704 elementary, middle and high schools across the nation between October 5 and November 17.
 
A little over 54 percent of respondents said they believe society will improve after unification. Twenty-seven-and-a-half percent said society will see further hardship while around 17 percent expects no change.
 
Around 63 percent of the surveyed said unification is necessary. Nearly 29 percent cited North Korean military threats as the factor that makes unification difficult. Around 23 percent blamed the North’s unchanging regime and some 20 percent cited differences between the two Koreas as reasons for difficulty in achieving unification.
 
Fifty-and-a-half percent of respondents said they regard the North as a cooperation partner and some 43 percent said that the people of North Korea should be supported.