Little Impact Seen in Relations With U.S.

UTICA, NY--The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and the ensuing transition of power has caused 74% of U.S. adults to be very (29%) or somewhat concerned (45%) about North Korea's nuclear arsenal. However, few say his death will either improve or worsen relations between the U.S. and North Korea, a new IBOPE Inteligência Interactive survey finds.

The Dec. 22-27 survey of 2,100 U.S adults also finds that there is little difference of opinion on whether the world is more or less safe after his death. Nearly two-thirds of adults feel Kim Jong-il's death will make no difference in U.S. relations with North Korea, or are not sure; while 18% say it will lead to improvement and 15% expect a worsening of relations.

A quarter of adults say his death makes the world less safe, and 17% believe we are now safer. The rest expect no difference in the worlds safety (41%) or were not sure (27%).

A sampling of IBOPE Inteligência's online panel, which is representative of the adult population of the U.S., was invited to participate. Slight weights were added to region, party, age, race, religion, gender and education to more accurately reflect the population. The margin of error is +/- 2.1 percentage points. Margins of error are higher in sub-groups. The MOE calculation is for sampling error only.

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