National Influence
South Korea ranked 11th on the list of the countries with the most positive influence in the world in a survey recently conducted by the BBC. North Korea was found to be the second most negatively-influencing country, following Iran.
The BBC conducted the survey from December 2013 to April 2014 with research consultancy GlobeScan and PIPA. A total of 24,542 people answered the survey in 24 countries around the world. It was Germany that topped the chart for the second consecutive year.
The question was what countries have had a positive or negative influence on the world. Germany was followed by Canada, the U.K., France, Japan, the E.U., Brazil, the U.S., China, and South Africa.
Meanwhile, Iran and North Korea were followed by Pakistan, Israel, Russia, China, the U.S., and India as those most negatively influencing the world.