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South Koreans have an intolerant view of the U.S. government monitoring their communications including the monitoring of suspected terrorists in South Korea, according to the results of a recent Pew Research Center (PRC) survey.

Eighty-nine percent of respondents living in South Korea believe that it is unacceptable for the U.S. government to monitor South Korean residents communications with only 10 percent stating it was acceptable.

Monitoring South Korean leaders

The median response for 43 countries The U.S. sample is excluded from the median is that 81 percent of respondents believe it is unacceptable for the U.S. government to monitor their own countries communications.

Eighty-three percent of respondents living in South Korea believe that it is unacceptable for the U.S. government to monitor South Korean leaders communications with only 15 percent stating it was acceptable.

Monitoring American citizens

The median response for 43 countries The U.S. sample is excluded from the median is that 73 percent of respondents believe it is unacceptable for the U.S. government to monitor their own countries communications.

Sixty-six percent of respondents living in South Korea believe that it is unacceptable for the U.S. government to monitor American residents communications with 29 percent stating it was acceptable.

Monitoring suspected terrorists

The median response for 43 countries Pew surveyed 48,643 respondents in 44 countries is that 62 percent of respondents believe it is unacceptable for the U.S. government to monitor their own countries communications.

Forty-six percent of respondents living in South Korea believe that it is unacceptable for the U.S. government to monitor suspected terrorist communications with a 51 percent majority stating it was acceptable. Five percent of respondents did not answer this question.

The median response for 43 countries Pew surveyed 48,643 respondents in 44 countries is that 29 percent of respondents believe it is unacceptable for the U.S. government to monitor their own countries communications with a 64 percent majority believing it is acceptable.

Pew researches randomly phoned numbers within a specified countryThe question PEW used random sampling and sample sizes for each country with participant sample sizes ranging from 700 to 1,500 respondents. “All margins of error are reported at the 95% confidence level, which means that 19 out of 20 times, the survey results would be expected to fall within the stated range either above or below the reported value,” information on their website states. and asked four scripted questions.

“According to news reports, the American government has been monitoring communications, such as emails and phone calls, in the U.S. and many other countries,” researchers informed participants.

“In your opinion, is it acceptable or unacceptable for the American government to monitor communications from [1.citizens/ 2.leaders/ 3. American citizens/ 4.suspected terrorists] of other countries?” researchers asked.

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Pew survey results http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/07/14/nsa-opinion/table/country-citizens/