Among the dozens of questions that World Values asks, the Swedish economists found one that, they believe, could be a pretty good indicator of tolerance for other races. The survey asked respondents in more than 80 different countries to identify kinds of people they would not want as neighbors. Some respondents, picking from a list, chose "people of a different race." The more frequently that people in a given country say they don't want neighbors from other races, the economists reasoned, the less racially tolerant you could call that society. (The study concluded that economic freedom had no correlation with racial tolerance, but it does appear to correlate with tolerance toward homosexuals.)
Unfortunately, the Swedish economists did not include all of the World Values Survey data in their final research paper. So I went back to the source, compiled the original data and mapped it out on the infographic above. In the bluer countries, fewer people said they would not want neighbors of a different race; in red countries, more people did.

The Washington Post reporter

compiled the original data and mapped it out.

So the journalist added back in data that the economists excluded from the study? Maybe the conclusion based on the new data set is legit, maybe it isn't.

Having been to South Korea, I can confirm that they are casual and overt racist. Especially, the older women. They will walk right into/through you in a crowd with the intent to assert their social status (aged seniority has near inconceivable status benefits in the Korea's. It's difficult to explain if you haven't seen it. Airplanes have crashed, because the #2 pilot didn't want to shame the pilot. Inconceivable).

I got so tired if this crap that I bought an ice cream cone, and walked along carlessly swinging it in front of me. It worked like a charm. They didn't want any of that. Social engineering, I supposed.