President Yoon Suk Yeol responds to press questions throughout a convention Thursday on the presidential workplace in Yongsan, Seoul. (Yonhap)
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s approval score has fallen to a brand new low within the newest Gallup Korea ballot launched Friday, coming in at a report 17 %.
The outcomes, nonetheless, don’t replicate reactions to Thursday’s press convention, which was met with combined reactions.
The ballot, performed between Nov. 5 and seven, indicated that public sentiment has additional deteriorated, with solely 17 % score Yoon’s efficiency positively — 2 share factors decrease than two weeks in the past. Over the identical interval, these disapproving of his efficiency rose 2 share factors to 74 %.
Diplomatic relations had been essentially the most generally cited cause for these approving Yoon’s efficiency, with 23 % selecting the choice.
For these giving destructive assessments, controversy surrounding first woman Kim Keon Hee was the commonest cause with 19 %, adopted by financial points at 11 %.
Together with Yoon, the ruling Individuals Energy Get together additionally noticed rankings falling by 3 share factors to 29 %, whereas the primary opposition Democratic Get together’s score got here to 36 %, up 4 share factors in comparison with the earlier ballot.