South Koreans' distrust of North Korea reaches record high

South Koreans' distrust of the North Korean regime and perceptions of its military threat have reached their highest levels on record, a survey showed Thursday. According to the Seoul National University Institute for Peace and Unification Studies' 2026 Unification Perception Survey, 78.3 percent of respondents said "dialogue and compromise with the North Korean regime were impossible," the highest level recorded since the institute began conducting the annual survey in 2007. The poll also found

South Koreans' distrust of the North Korean regime and perceptions of its military threat have reached their highest levels on record, a survey showed Thursday. According to the Seoul National University Institute for Peace and Unification Studies' 2026 Unification Perception Survey, 78.3 percent of respondents said "dialogue and compromise with the North Korean regime were impossible," the highest level recorded since the institute began conducting the annual survey in 2007. The poll also found