South Korea’s Top 5 Least Favorite Countries Japan – 44.1% in 2012 (33.4% in 2002) China – 19.1% (4.6%) North Korea – 11.7% (17.3%) America – 4.8% (18.0%) Iraq – 0.7% (0.7%) South Korea’s Top 5 Favorite Countries America – 21.5% in 2012 (16.5% in 2002) Australia – 19.0% (12.5%) Switzerland – 8.0% (8.8%) Canada – 7.4% (6.6%) England – 5.1% (3.0%)