President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a public briefing about the AI government megaproject in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, Friday. Joint Press Corps
President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating edged up for the first time in seven weeks, a poll showed Monday.
In the poll commissioned by the EKN newspaper and conducted by Realmeter, Lee's approval rating rose 0.5 percentage point from the previous week to 47 percent, while disapproval of his performance fell 0.3 percentage point to 49.2 percent.
Realmeter attributed the rebound to the government's announcement of the "three megaprojects" initiative, a 4,755 trillion-won ($3.11 trillion) investment plan centered on semiconductors, physical artificial intelligence (AI) and AI data centers.
The pollster said, however, that the sharp decline in stock prices and the weak Korean won held back the rebound.
