generally been more resigned on intercalary and affairs but since his election 2 years ago president mungy and has been seeking to reverse that trend and gain support for his engagement policy with the north korea institute for national unifications april $2900.00 survey found the need for a new national consensus on unification a lack of clarity surrounds issues in particular how unified korea would look and what unification would cost $7.00 out of 10 survey respondents prioritize the south korean economy over unification with north korea. about 30000 north koreans have defected to the south since the end of the war in 1953 most in the last 2 decades younger than john the rived in seoul in 2015 she feels a lack of understanding at times because it's a bit on sometimes when i say i come from north korea they give me a lot of rice at a restaurant other times when i tell people i'm a north korean defector i get negative comments and asked why i came to south korea when i see people in the media speak badly of defectives i get very upset. but while most south koreans still support unification