The North Korean danger.(Opinion Pulse)(Illustration)

U.S. opinions of the North Korean regime are very negative and falling. South Koreans feel warmer toward the North, which complicates U.S. policy. There is a widespread belief in the United States that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons and that the country poses a grave threat to U.S. security.

 
Question: Next I'd like your overall opinion of some foreign 
countries. Is your overall opinion ...? 
 
Unfavorable opinion of North Korea          80% 
Favorable                                   13% 
No opinion                                   7% 
 
Note: Of the 24 countries mentioned in the poll, North Korea 
and Iran ranked at the very bottom. Twelve percent had a 
favorable opinion of Iran, 82 percent an unfavorable one. 
 
Source: The Gallup Organization, February 2005. 
 
Note: Table made from pie chart. 
 
Question: What one country anywhere in the 
world do you consider to be ...? 
 
America's greatest enemy today 
 
Iraq           22% 
North Korea    22 
Iran           14 
China          10 
 
Note: Responses of 10 percent 
or more shown. 
 
Source: The Gallup Organization, 
February 2005. 
 
Note: Table made from bar graph. 
 
Question: How much have you ...? 
 
Heard a lot about North Korea's 
announcement that it has been 
developing nuclear weapons          28% 
Some                                47 
Not ...