[KOREA TIMES POLL] Strengthening US alliance is top foreign policy priority

Strengthening South Korea’s alliance with the United States should be the top foreign policy priority of the Lee Jae-myung administration, according to a recent poll commissioned by The Korea Times. In the poll conducted by Hankook Research at the request of The Korea Times, 49 percent of 1,000 respondents said bolstering ties with the ally as the top foreign policy issue the new president should focus on. Strengthening the Korea-U.S. alliance was especially important among conservatives, with 75 percent of the major conservative People Power Party (PPP) supporters and 67 percent of the minor right-wing Reform Party supporters saying so in their responses. Even among supporters of the ruling liberal Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), 30 percent said they think focusing on that issue is the most important. However, DPK supporters said improving relations with China is almost as important as the South Korea-U.S. alliance, which 29 percent picking it as the top priority. PPP and Reform Party supporters did not see improving relations with China as an important task. Among all respondents, boWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times