President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a public briefing at the National Science Museum in Daejeon’s Yuseong District on Friday Photo by Yonhap News
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) — President Lee Jae Myung’s approval rating rose this week to 63 percent, a poll showed Friday, driven by positive assessments of diplomacy and the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) gathering.
In a Gallup Korea survey of 1,002 adults conducted Tuesday through Thursday, positive evaluation of Lee’s performance gained 6 percentage points from the previous week.
It marked the first time in about six weeks that Lee’s approval rating has topped the 60 percent mark.
The negative assessment of Lee fell 4 percentage points to 29 percent.
Among the respondents who gave a positive evaluation, 30 percent cited diplomacy, followed by 13 percent the economy and 7 percent the APEC gathering held in Gyeongju last week.
On the sidelines of the APEC summit, Lee held a series of bilateral meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, among others.
During his talks with Trump, the two leaders reached a breakthrough deal finalizing details of Seoul’s US$350 billion investment pledge in exchange for lower U.S. tariffs.
The ruling Democratic Party’s approval rating stood at 40 percent, down 1 percentage point from the previous week while support for the main opposition People Power Party remained unchanged at 26 percent.
The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.
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