South Korean support for a U.S. alliance reached 97 percent
Faced with regional instability, South Koreans have set aside generations of historical grievances to form a nearly unanimous consensus on their most critical military partnership.
Public sentiment in South Korea has undergone a seismic shift, with a record 97.1 percent of the population now supporting the country's alliance with the United States. For decades, historical scars from colonial rule and territorial disputes fueled deep-seated animosity toward Japan and skepticism of foreign influence. Today, that friction is being smoothed over by a pragmatic need for security in an increasingly volatile neighborhood.
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