S. Korean president's approval rating unchanged at 24 per cent: poll

The negative assessment on Yoon's conduct of state affairs gained 2 percentage points to 67 per cent, according to local pollster Gallup Korea.

10 May 2024 02:28pm
People walk past a television news screen broadcasting live footage of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivering a speech at a press briefing, at a railway station in Seoul on May 9, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
People walk past a television news screen broadcasting live footage of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivering a speech at a press briefing, at a railway station in Seoul on May 9, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
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SEOUL - South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating stood unchanged at 24 per cent this week compared to two weeks earlier, a weekly poll showed Friday.

The negative assessment on Yoon's conduct of state affairs gained 2 percentage points to 67 per cent, according to local pollster Gallup Korea.

Support for the ruling conservative People Power Party added 1 percentage point to 34 per cent in the cited period.

The main liberal opposition Democratic Party's popularity rating rose 1 percentage point to 30 per cent.

The minor left-leaning Rebuilding Korea Party posted 11 percent of support score this week, while the minor center-right New Reform Party logged 5 percent of approval score.

The results were based on a survey of 1,000 voters conducted from Tuesday to Thursday. It had plus and minus 3.1 percentage points in margin of error with a 95-per cent confidence level. - XINHUA

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