This was pointed out in the report titled "The south Koreans' consciousness of reunification and the long-term change of their attitude" worked out by Prof. Un Ki Su at the Institute for International Studies of Seoul National University, it noted, and went on:

According to the report, the number of those who said they would cheer the north during the football match with the U.S. rapidly increased every year from 1986 to 1990 and it showed a steady increase over the last three years.

Explaining the reason why it is necessary to achieve reunification, many respondents observed: "We are the same nation", "To avert the outbreak of a war", "To build a developed nation", etc.

The professor explained in his report: "As seen in the opinion poll on which team one would like to cheer during the football match between the north and the U.S. the understanding of the north underwent a dramatic change in the latter half of the 1980s. It seems this result is attributable to the fact that south Koreans saw the north from a new angle as members of the same nation after the demise of the Cold War."

"Reunification is still regarded as an import issue in the south Korean society," it observed.