S. Korean president’s approval rating falls to 19 pct: poll

SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s approval rating fell 1 percentage point over the week to 19 percent, a weekly poll showed Friday.
It marked the lowest since Yoon took office in May 2022, according to local pollster Gallup Korea.
The negative assessment of Yoon’s conduct of state affairs gained 2 percentage points to 72 percent.
Support for the ruling conservative People Power Party rose 2 percentage points to 32 percent this week compared to the previous week.
The main liberal opposition Democratic Party’s popularity rating increased 2 percentage points to 32 percent.
The minor left-leaning Rebuilding Korea Party posted 7 percent of support score this week, while the minor center-right New Reform Party logged 2 percent of approval score.
The results were based on a survey of 1,005 voters conducted from Tuesday to Thursday. It had plus and minus 3.1 percentage points in margin of error with a 95-percent confidence level. ■