Lee's approval rating rises following summit talks with Trump, Ishiba: poll

President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating rose this week, a poll showed Friday, driven by positive assessments of recent trips to the United States and Japan for summits with U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. In a Gallup Korea survey of 1,000 adults conducted Tuesday through Thursday, 59 percent gave a positive evaluation of Lee's performance, up 3 percentage points from the previous week. It was the first rebound in three weeks after declines sparked by his special pardons for several controversial political figures earlier this month. Among respondents with a positive view, 21 percent cited Lee's diplomacy, followed by the economy at 12 percent and overall performance at 11 percent. The ruling Democratic Party of Korea's approval rating stood at 44 percent, while the main opposition People Power Party fell 2 percentage points to 23 percent. The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times