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SEOUL, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Four in 10 South Koreans blamed the United States more than any other country for North Korea's test of a nuclear weapon, a survey said.
Of 500 adults questioned by South Korea's Research Plus research firm, 43 percent selected the United States over other countries as the one most responsible for the test North Korea performed Monday, the Korea Times said Sunday.
North Korea was chosen second with 37 percent, followed by South Korea with almost 14 percent, China with about 2 percent and Japan with 1 percent.
About 20 percent of the respondents said they were not particularly worried by the test and nearly 30 percent said panic buying was unnecessary and another 35 percent said they didn't engage in panic buying because they were desensitized to the issue.
Panic buying is an indicator of people's attitudes, the Times said.
About 12 percent of those questioned said the lack of panic in South Korea was attributable to improved relations between the two countries.
The telephone survey conducted Tuesday and Wednesday has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percent, the Times said.
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