64 PERCENT OF KOREANS BACK DEATH PENALTY

64 percent of South Koreans back the death penalty, according to a survey conducted on 3,000 people over the age of 19 by Hankook Research. The Ministry of Justice organised the survey in the wake of growing calls to maintain capital punishment since the arrest of alleged serial killer Kang Ho-soon. The survey showed 18 percent of those surveyed said they were against capital punishment and 17 percent remained undecided. South Korea is considered a country having suspended the death penalty, as it has not carried out capital punishment since 1997.