S. Korean president's approval rating falls to 25 pct: poll-Xinhua

S. Korean president's approval rating falls to 25 pct: poll

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2024-06-28 11:21:30

SEOUL, June 28 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating fell 1 percentage point over the week to 25 percent this week, a weekly poll showed Friday.

The negative assessment on Yoon's conduct of state affairs gained 2 percentage points to 66 percent, according to local pollster Gallup Korea.

Support for the ruling conservative People Power Party slipped 1 percentage point to 31 percent this week compared to the previous week.

The main liberal opposition Democratic Party's popularity rating advanced 4 percentage points to 32 percent.

The minor left-leaning Rebuilding Korea Party posted 10 percent of support score this week, while the minor center-right New Reform Party logged 4 percent of approval score.

The results were based on a survey of 1,002 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.