KLRI: 2004 Perception Survey on Korea and Related Economic, Political and Security Issues

REPORT TO KOREA LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH INSTITUTE


To assess the evolving perceptions of foreign opinion leaders on a range of issues concerning Korea and related economic, political and security issues, the Korea Legislative Research Institute (KLRI) retained KWR International, Inc. (KWR) to conduct the following survey. It contains quantitative and qualitative data and is designed to assist KLRI and other Korean public and private entities in their efforts to obtain a better understanding of how Korea is perceived by important external constituencies.

After preparing 19 questions and 38 sub-questions which asked for the views of respondents on a 1-10 quantitative ranking or open-ended basis, KWR prepared a list of approximately 8,000 individuals from its internal database. The views of business, government, academia, non-profit and financial institutions and media were represented. The primary emphasis was on individuals working in the U.S. or Americans residing overseas. A questionnaire was disseminated on April 3, 2004 and 166 responses were received by the April 14th deadline. While this is not an especially large number, it does provide a sampling of opinion leader sentiment and will help KLRI and other Korea-related organizations to draw a number of important conclusions from the data generated.


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