| Republic of Korea | | |
Number of police personnels (per 100,000 population) | 226.3 (2017) [93/130countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government is successful in crime control | 26.3% (2016) [21/24countries] | | |
% of those who would like to see more government spending in the police and law enforcement | 66.7% (2016) [8/35countries] | | |
% of those who think that crime is the most important issue for their country | 12.3% (2020) [3/28countries] | | |
% of those who think that maintaining national order is the most important aim of the country out of maintaining national order/ giving people more say/ fighting rising prices/ protecting freedom of speech | 32.6% (2020) [12/28countries] | | |
% of those who think that terrorism is the most important issue for their country | 0.3% (2020) [17/28countries] | | |
% of those who think that the authorities should have the right to detain suspected terrorists for as long as they want without putting them on trial | 36.3% (2016) [26/35countries] | | |
% of those who think that the authorities should have the right to tap people's telephone conversations | 28.5% (2016) [32/35countries] | | |
% of those who think that the authorities should have the right to stop and search people in the street at random to prevent terrorism | 60.0% (2016) [11/35countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government should keep people under video surveillance in public areas | 51.3% (2016) [32/35countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government should monitor e-mails and any other information exchanged on the Internet | 23.2% (2016) [29/35countries] | | |
Degree of giving priority to public security over disclosure of government information | 5.43 (2016) [29/35countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government should collect information about anyone living in their country | 20.2% (2016) [34/34countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government should collect information about anyone living in other countries | 23.0% (2016) [30/34countries] | | |