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9 in 10 S. Korean men in 20s say they would fight in war against North

June 23, 2015
A South Korean marine aims his machine gun during the U.S.-South Korea joint landing exercises called Ssangyong as part of the Foal Eagle military exercises in Pohang, South Korea, Monday, March 31, 2014. South Korea says North Korea has announced plans to conduct live-fire drills near the rivals' disputed western sea boundary.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A South Korean marine aims his machine gun during the U.S.-South Korea joint landing exercises called Ssangyong as part of the Foal Eagle military exercises in Pohang, South Korea, Monday, March 31, 2014. South Korea says North Korea has announced plans to conduct live-fire drills near the rivals’ disputed western sea boundary.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Ninety-one percent of South Korean men in their 20s say that they would fight in a war against North Korea according to a recent poll.

Gallup Korea asked 537 males about the subject through phone surveys and released the results on Tuesday according to Yonhap News Agency.

Men in their 50s had the next highest rate at 88 percent, while men in their 30s showed the most reluctance at 75 percent.

Overall 83 percent of males surveyed said they would be willing to fight.

Fifty-five percent of females in their 20s said that they would take some kind of role to support their country if the need arised.

In total, 69 percent of the survey respondents said they would fight in a war with the North.

Of the 1000 South Koreans surveyed, 39 percent believed that tensions could reach a level that would warrant fighting.

The South and the North engaged in the Korean War on June 25, 1950. Because the fighting ended on a truce rather than a peace treaty, the two countries are still technically in a state of war with each other.