{
  "id": 10578674,
  "title": "Korea Conflict: Survey: Fewer South Koreans in Favor of Unification with North Korea",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/korea-konflikt-umfrage-weniger-sudkoreaner-fur-vereinigung-mit",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-29T01:08:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/korea-konflikt-umfrage-weniger-suedkoreaner-fuer-vereinigung-mit-nordkorea/100258102.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Support for reunification with North Korea in South Korea has long-term decreased, according to a Gallup Korea survey for Seoul National University. Only 39% consider unification necessary or rather necessary, down from 63.8% in 2007. The desire for reunification is lowest among South Koreans in their twenties, at 25.2%. A majority of respondents favour having their own atomic bomb, with over 61% supporting it, and 86.4% feel threatened by North Korea's nuclear weapons.",
  "summary": "Only 39 percent of South Koreans consider a reunification with the North necessary according to a new survey. At the same time, a clear majority supports having its own nuclear weapons.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}