More than half of South Koreans don't see unification with North Korea as necessary, according to new polling from a government-funded think tank, marking the first time since the survey began more than a decade ago that most South Koreans don't feel the need to unify the peninsula.

Why It Matters

North and South Korea are still technically at war, although an armistice brought the three-year Korean War to a close in 1953. The decades since have been marked by fluctuating tensions, and relations in recent years on the peninsula have become more strained.

South Korea's government has said it hopes to reduce tensions with the North, aspirations Pyongyang appears to have batted away. North Korea officially rejected the long-held policy of reconciliation with the South in early 2024, fo

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