A survey has found that seven out of ten South Koreans agree on the need to declare a formal end to the Korean War as proposed by President Moon Jae-in in his speech at the UN General Assembly.

In the survey of one-thousand adults conducted by the National Unification Advisory Council, 67-point-eight percent said an end-of-war declaration was necessary. 

Among them, 41-point-seven percent said it was "very necessary", while 26-point-one percent said it was "necessary to some degree."

Meanwhile, 29-point-four percent said such a declaration was not needed.

On the likelihood of talks resuming between North Korea and the U.S. this year, over 54 percent said there was a slim chance, while 42 percent said it was possible.

Nearly 61 percent of respondents supported the partial easing of sanctions on North Korea in consideration of challenges such as the pandemic. Over 34 percent opposed sanctions relief.

As for priority tasks when inter-Korean humanitarian cooperation gains traction, 34 percent chose COVID-19 vaccine support, followed by food aid, assistance for vulnerable North Korean residents and flood relief.

The survey conducted last Friday to Saturday has a 95 percent confidence level with a margin of error of plus or minus three-point-one percentage points.