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

SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s approval rating rose 3 percentage points over the week to 20 percent this week, a weekly poll showed Friday.
The negative assessment of Yoon’s conduct of state affairs slipped 3 percentage points to 71 percent, according to local pollster Gallup Korea.
Support for the ruling conservative People Power Party sank 2 percentage points to 27 percent this week compared to the previous week.
The main liberal opposition Democratic Party’s popularity rating decreased by 2 percentage points to 34 percent.
The minor left-leaning Rebuilding Korea Party posted a 7 percent support score this week, while the minor center-right New Reform Party logged 3 percent.
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. ■