According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2024, about seven percent of respondents stated that North Korea was the country they felt the closest to among neighboring countries. This represents a slight increase from *** percent in the previous year. This sentiment was highest in 2007 at ** percent, and dropped to an all-time low in 2023, at *** percent.
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