S. Korean president’s approval rating falls to 20 pct: poll

SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s approval rating fell 2 percentage points to 20 percent this week compared to the previous week, a weekly poll showed Friday.
The negative assessment on Yoon’s conduct of state affairs added 1 percentage point to 70 percent, according to local pollster Gallup Korea.
Support for the ruling conservative People Power Party gained 2 percentage points to 30 percent this week.
The main liberal opposition Democratic Party’s popularity rating stood unchanged at 30 percent.
The minor left-leaning Rebuilding Korea Party posted 6 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 1,001 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. ■