Lee's approval rating inches down to 59.1%, partly due to Seosomun Overpass collapse: Poll

President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating fell slightly from a week earlier, partly due to negative sentiment over the deadly collapse of an overpass in Seoul last week, a survey showed on Monday.

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Lee Jae-myung's approval rating dropped 0.2 points to 59.1%, with Realmeter attributing the slide to negative sentiment following the Seosomun Overpass collapse in Seoul that killed three people. For political risk analysts tracking South Korea's June 3 local elections, the data signals that infrastructure failures can offset economic wins — Kospi at record highs failed to neutralize the reputational damage from a preventable safety incident.

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President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a ceremony in Busan to mark the country's Oceans Day on May 27. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating fell slightly from a week earlier, partly due to negative sentiment over the deadly collapse of an overpass in Seoul last week, a survey showed on Monday.

In a poll commissioned by EKN newspaper and conducted by Realmeter, the positive assessment of Lee's job performance slipped 0.2 percentage points from a week before to 59.1 percent. The weekly survey was conducted on 2,008 people aged 18 and older from Tuesday through Friday.

The negative assessment rose 0.7 percentage points to 36.8 percent.

Lee's approval rating inches down to 59.1%, partly due to Seosomun Overpass collapse: Poll

Lee's approval rating inches down to 59.1%, partly due to Seosomun Overpass collapse: Poll

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