=+. Financial instability. The Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project refers to ‘top global threats’ according to the public in 39 countries. Financial instability is regarded as one of the two major global threats, but to different degrees. According to the 2013 survey, while 52% of the public worldwide say financial instability is a major threat to their country, no less than 83% of South Koreans, out of a sample of 809 adults, think so.