 Fighting corruption: Kim Hong-gab, standing commissioner of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC), delivers a speech on a mechanism that Korea has adopted in the consolidation of ombudsman, anti-corruption and administrative appeals at the 26th Australasian and Pacific Ombudsman Conference of the International Ombudsman Institute in Taipei, Thursday. / Courtesy of ACRC |
In the report, released by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, the percentage of local students intending to vote in national elections reached 87 percent, higher than the average of 81 percent.
The survey was conducted on 140,000 students in 38 countries in 2009. Guatemalan students were the most interested in voting with some 94 percent answering that they would cast a vote, while the least interested were those from the Czech Republic with only 50 percent.
Despite their relatively high participation in voting rate, Korean students showed less interest in political activities such as running as candidates and helping in campaigns.
Their expected participation in political activities as adults was found to be relatively low compared to other countries. It showed that only 46 percent of Korean students surveyed said they would participate in political activities, while the average figure stood at 50 percent.
The top highest participation rates came from the Dominican Republic (57 percent) and Indonesia (56 percent), while Korea was among the lowest with 45 percent.
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