Most Koreans Fear Economy Will Get Worse
By Park Sang-ki
November 12, 2018 12:34
The vast majority of Koreans believe the country's economy will either get worse or at best stay the same.
According to a Gallup Korea poll on Friday, 53 percent said they believe economic conditions will worsen and only 16 percent said that they will improve. The rest think there will be no change. The 37 percentage-point difference between optimist and pessimists is the biggest gap since September last year.
Some 29 percent of respondents also feel living conditions will worsen and just 16 percent forecast that they will improve. The rest expect no change.
When it comes to employment, 56 percent of Koreans said jobless figures will rise and 15 percent said that they will fall. And 51 percent feel labor relations will get worse and only 12 percent think that they will improve.
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大多数の韓国人が経済悪くなるだろう、と。
あの祖国大好きの韓国人が悲観的ということは、かなり悪くなるということなのかなあ。
