S. Korean president’s approval rating rises to 24 pct: poll

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s approval rating rose 1 percentage point over the week to 24 percent this week, a weekly poll showed Friday. The negative assessment of Yoon’s conduct of state affairs slipped 3 percentage points to 65 percent, according to local pollster Gallup Korea. Support for the ruling conservative People Power Party added 3 percentage points to 33 percent this week compared to the previous week. The main liberal opposition Democratic Party’s popularity rating fell 2 percentage points to 29 percent. The minor left-leaning Rebuilding Korea Party posted a 13 percent support score this week, while the minor center-right New Reform Party logged a 3 percent approval score. The results were based on a survey of 1,001 voters conducted from Tuesday to Thursday. It had plus and minus 3.1 percentage points in margin of error with a 95-percent confidence level.