Only some 17% in South Korea, 20% in Japan like each other: survey

Only 16.7 percent of South Koreans feel friendly toward Japanese and 20.2 percent of Japanese do so toward South Koreans, a survey showed Tuesday, underscoring the soured relations of the two neighboring countries.Of 1,431 respondents from South Korea and Japan, over 40 percent said they do not feel friendly toward the other country, according to the survey conducted by the Korea Economic Research Institute, a think tank based in Seoul.It showed 22.2 percent of South Korean respondents said they were concerned that trade between the two countries has declined due to the prolonged deteriorat…READ FULL ARTICLE