President Lee Jae Myung delivers remarks during a dinner meeting with Korean residents in India at a hotel in New Delhi, Sunday (location time). Yonhap
President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating has hit a record high of 65.5 percent since his inauguration in June last year on achievements in the economy and energy security, a poll showed Monday.
According to a survey conducted by Realmeter and commissioned by EKN newspaper, 65.5 percent of the 2,519 respondents aged 18 or older positively assessed Lee's performance, up 3.6 percentage points from the previous poll.
The previous high was 64.6 percent in the second week of July last year.
Also in the latest survey, conducted nationwide from last Monday until Friday, 30 percent of the respondents viewed Lee's performance negatively, down 2.8 percentage points from the previous poll, while 4.5 percent said they were unsure.
"The increase in the approval rate was driven by achievements in the economy and energy security, such as the securing of large amounts of crude oil amid the Middle East crisis and the KOSPI's recovery to the 6,200-point level," the pollster said.
Lee's hard-line remarks on Israel's alleged mistreatment of Palestinians and his attendance at a ceremony commemorating the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster had widened his appeal among moderates and young voters, it said.
The survey had a margin of error of 2 percent at a 95 percent confidence level.
Source: Korea Times News
