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Eight out of 10 Koreans believe a real-name based Internet system is necessary and are concerned with lawlessness online. The Korea Legislation Research Institute under the Prime Minister's office released results of a survey on Koreans' views of law and order conducted by Gallup Korea of 3,000 adults on the occasion of the 60th Constitution Day on Thursday. Some 80 percent accepted the need of real-name confirmation for online postings with 38.6 percent saying it was ¡°highly necessary¡± and 41.2 percent ¡°fairly necessary.¡± One-fifth of respondents were negative, with 4 percent saying ¡°not at all necessary¡± and 16 percent ¡°not very necessary.¡±
Some 63 percent said laws were not being observed in society, compared to 37 percent who said otherwise. Some 34.3 percent said observing the law is disadvantageous, 20 percent said more people do not follow the law than those who do, and 14.5 percent said this was troublesome. However, an overwhelming 90.9 percent claimed they themselves obeyed the law to the letter.
Some 57 percent agreed that bad laws are also laws and therefore should be observed, as against 43 percent who did not. Most had a negative perception of the law, with 43.6 percent calling it ¡°authoritarian¡± and 32.6 percent ¡°unfair.¡± Only 14.2 percent believed it was ¡°democratic¡± and 8.9 percent fair. On the controversial issue of giving extra benefits in society and college to men who served in the military, 79.5 agreed. Some 78.5 percent agreed to allowing euthanasia. On the death penalty, 69.6 percent said it should be maintained.
The month-long door-to-door survey that began in late April has a 95 percent confidence rating and a margin of error of 1.8 percent.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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