Native name | 한국갤럽 |
---|---|
Romanized name | Hangukgaelleop |
Formerly | Korea Survey Polls (1974–79) [1] |
Company type | Private [2] |
Industry | Market research [2] |
Founded | June 17, 1974Seoul, South Korea [3] | in
Founder | Park Moo-ik [1] |
Headquarters | 70 Sajik-ro,
Jongno-gu,
Seoul, South Korea
[3] |
Key people | Park Jae-hyung ( Vice-chairman) [4] |
Services | |
₩1.3 billion (2021) [5] | |
Number of employees | 184 (2021) [6] |
Website |
www |
Gallup Korea ( Korean: 한국갤럽) or Gallup Korea Research Institute ( Korean: 한국갤럽조사연구소) is a South Korean research company. Founded by Park Moo-ik in 1974, the company became a member of Gallup International Association in 1997. [1] It is best known for conducting public surveys on political, entertainment, sports, as well as on social subjects. [7]
Park Moo-ik (1943–2017) founded the South Korea's first public opinion survey company, Korea Survey Polls, in Jongno-gu, Seoul, in 1974. [3] [8] Started correspondence with George Gallup in 1977, the company became a member of Gallup International Association in 1979. [1] [3] In the same year, with George Gallup's consent for exclusive use of the "Gallup" trademark, the company changed its name to Gallup Korea or Gallup Korea Research Institute. [3] [1] [9]
In 1987, Gallup Korea, headed by Park Moo-ik, became the first company to successfully predict the results of a presidential election in South Korea. [8] [1] Furthermore, it almost correctly projected the number of votes won by the candidates in the 1997 South Korean presidential election. [1]
In the 1990s, Gallup Korea established a database dedicated to survey results for the first time in South Korea. [9]
In 2006, Gallup Korea in association with Korean Statistical Society, established the Gallup Korea Academic Award ( Korean: 한국갤럽학술상) to encourage the development of statistics and research activities in related fields. Since then it has become one of the most prestigious award in the field of statistics in South Korea. [10]
In March 2021, Gallup Korea signed a memorandum of understanding with KT Corporation to introduce artificial intelligence technology in opinion polls. [11]
Gallup Korea is known for its public surveys or opinion polls. [7] It conducts various periodic public surveys to check current popularity and influence of political leaders, entertainers and sports athletes. [7] In 2012, it started its own survey program called 'Gallup Korea Daily Opinion', through which new survey results are announced every week which are free to be used by anyone. [9] It has also published books, including monographs and periodicals, as a result of its own survey since 1978. [3] [12]