President Lee Jae Myung’s decision to nominate Rep. Yong Hye-in of the minor Basic Income Party as gender equality minister has become a political quagmire. In the latest Gallup poll released Friday, Lee’s approval rating fell further to a record low of 38 percent, down two percentage points from the previous week. The polling agency cited, among other factors, the Lee administration’s unpopular housing policy (24 percent) and personnel decisions (16 percent) as the top two reasons for the decline. Yong is one of the key contributors to Lee’s falling approval ratings. The nominee is in the hot seat for refusing to resign from her parliamentary post even after her nomination was confirmed, despite the convention that lawmakers appointed to Cabinet positions give up their seats. She is also facing criticism that she has run the minor party more like a family business than a political organization. Her demeanor has sparked public uproar. During a news conference Thursday, she appeared impatient and repeatedly interrupted a journalist who was questioning her suitability for the Cabi