Nearly 80% of South Koreans Say They Trust Kim Jong Un
- Last week’s summit with Moon Jae-in has changed perceptions
- President Moon scored an 86 percent rating in the MBC poll
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One summit has changed the perceptions of a nation.
Friday’s meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong Un prompted 78 percent of respondents to a Korea Research Center poll published this week to say they trusted the North Korean leader. That’s a far cry from the 10 percent of South Koreans who said they approved of Kim in a Gallup Korea poll conducted just a month-and-a-half ago.