 In February 2019, the "2018 Korea Social Integration Survery", which was conducted by the Korea Institute of Public Administration, revealed that those who said they "cannot accept homosexuals" fell below 50% for the first time in the survey's history.This percentage decreased from 62% in 2013, to 57% in 2017, to 49% in 2018.In 2018, the rest of those interviewed answered that they could accept them as either neighbors (31%), colleagues (15%), close friends (6%) or spouses (0.4%).