【South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating continues to rise, reaching 62%, up 2 percentage points from last week】
According to a survey released by Gallup on the 5th, the approval rating of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is 62%.
Gallup surveyed 1,000 South Koreans aged 18 and above from the 2nd to the 4th of this month about Yoon Suk-yeol's performance as the current president.
The results showed that 62% of respondents gave a positive evaluation, 29% gave a negative evaluation, and 8% had no opinion. The positive evaluation rate increased by 2 percentage points from last week's 60%.
In terms of reasons for the positive evaluation of his performance, "foreign affairs" (32%) was the most common answer, followed by "economy/living standards" (14%), "overall good performance," "job capability/competence" (both 7%), "overcoming previous government issues" (5%), "people's policy/welfare," "communication" (both 4%), and "national stability/normalization" (3%). In terms of reasons for the negative evaluation of his performance, "economy/living standards" (18%) was the highest, followed by "moral issues/avoiding trial" (11%), "overall poor performance" (9%), "pro-China policy/Chinese citizens exempted from visa entry" (7%), "political retaliation" (6%), "autocracy/arbitrary decisions," "foreign affairs," and "excessive welfare/living allowance" (all 5%).
Regarding party support ratings, the Democratic Party has 43%, the People Power Party has 24%, the Justice Party has 3%, the Reform New Party has 2%, the Progressive Party and Basic Income Party each have 1%, other parties/groups have 1%, and the non-partisan group has 24%.
In terms of "future suitable presidential candidates," the leader of the Justice Party, Cho Kook-yang, leads with an 8% support rating, followed closely by Prime Minister Kim Min-seok (7%).
The former leader of the People Power Party, Han Dong-hoon, and the leader of the People Power Party, Jang Dong-hyuk, each have 4%. The leader of the Reform New Party, Lee Jun-seok, and the leader of the Democratic Party, Jeong Kyung-dae, each have 3%. Following them are Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hun (2%), Gyeonggi-do Governor Kim Dong-joon, former Daegu Mayor Hong Jin-bok, National Assembly Speaker Park Jeong-taek, and Democratic Party member Park Chan-daek (each 1%).
The person in the first image next to Yoon Suk-yeol is a Chinese woman living in South Korea. According to her, the owner of the convenience store below the residential building is Yoon Suk-yeol's aunt, and Yoon Suk-yeol lives upstairs from this Chinese woman.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1850665697754314/
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