South Korean President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating falls to lowest point since taking office

TechFlow news, August 03, according to Yonhap News Agency, a poll released on Monday shows that affected by controversies such as the stock market crash, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating has fallen to the lowest level since he took office last June.

The poll conducted by Realmeter and commissioned by media outlet EKN shows that the public's positive evaluation of Lee Jae-myung decreased by 0.4 percentage points compared to the previous week to 45.9%, marking the third consecutive week of decline. The public's negative evaluation of Lee Jae-myung rose by 1 percentage point to 50.5%, breaking the 50% key threshold for the first time.

Another poll conducted by the same polling agency shows that the approval rating of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea is 45.1%, an increase of 3.8 percentage points compared to the previous week; while the approval rating of the main opposition People Power Party decreased by 2.9 percentage points to 37.7%.