The ongoing spate of North Korean missile tests, artillery fire and warplane drills — not to mention a looming nuclear test — has South Korea on edge. 

In the most recent National Barometer Survey (NBS) polling conducted from Oct. 17-19, seven in ten (71%) South Koreans said they are uneasy about the ongoing missile tests. Those results were largely consistent across age groups, regions and political affiliation.  

The Yoon administration has responded to some of the DPRK’s launches with missile tests of its own, while also arranging large-scale air exercisesinvolving hundreds of U.S. and ROK aircraft. There has