A recent KBS poll of some nine-thousand Koreans aged 15 and above shows that 63 percent of the respondents said that they are happy now. The average happiness level was six on a scale of one to ten.

The happiness level was highest in South Jeolla Province with six-point-five points, while Daegu and North Chungcheong Province marked the lowest with five-point-seven points among 16 cities and provinces surveyed.