President Lee Jae Myung’s approval rating fell below 40 percent for the first time since he took office in June last year, a Realmeter poll showed Monday. The survey, commissioned by the EKN newspaper, put his positive rating at 38.9 percent, down 1.3 percentage points, while negative assessment rose to 58.7 percent. Realmeter linked the decline to housing-price dissatisfaction, the presidential office’s refusal to appoint a Supreme Court justice nominee, and distrust of the police after a missing woman case in Jeju. A separate poll found the ruling Democratic Party of Korea at 43.1 percent and the People Power Party at 37.7 percent.
President Lee Jae Myung speaks during an emergency meeting in Seoul, Thursday, after nine South Koreans went missing in massive floods in Nepal the previous day. Yonhap
President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating fell below the 40 percent mark for the first time since he took office in June last year, a survey showed Monday, amid public dissatisfaction over housing policy.
According to the survey conducted by Realmeter and commissioned by the EKN newspaper among 2,509 respondents aged 18 and older, 38.9 percent gave a positive assessment of Lee's performance, down 1.3 percentage points from the previous week, while 58.7 percent gave a negative assessment, up 1.8 percentage points.
