Seven out of ten South Koreans hold a positive view of the outcome of last week's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Gyeongju.

According to a Gallup Korea survey of one-thousand-two adults nationwide conducted between Tuesday and Thursday, 74 percent of respondents said the multilateral event benefited national interests, and 13 percent said it was not helpful.

A majority of all age groups answered the question positively.

When asked about Seoul's trade negotiations with Washington, 55 percent said the administration has done a good job so far, and 26 percent said it has not.

Seventy-one percent said relations with the United States were the most critical to peace on the Korean Peninsula, followed by those with China at 16 percent, with Japan at 2 percent and with Russia at 1 percent. Nine percent declined to respond.

Asked which nation was most important to South Korea's economy, 67 percent cited the United States, followed by China at 22 percent, with Japan and Russia each at 1 percent.

The survey had a 95 percent confidence level, with a margin of error of plus or minus percentage points.