South Korean President Moon Jae-in's Approval Rating Stays High On Economic Drive: Poll

South Korean President Moon Jae-in's approval rating stays high on economic drive: poll

South Korean President Moon Jae-in's approval rating stayed high this week on his drive to boost the economy, a weekly poll showed Thursda

SEOUL, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Jan, 2019 ) :South Korean President Moon Jae-in's approval rating stayed high this week on his drive to boost the economy, a weekly poll showed Thursday.

According to the Realmeter poll, support for Moon stood at 49.4 percent this week. It was slightly down from 49.6 percent in the previous week, but the figure continued to surpass the negative assessment of Moon's state affairs management at 45.5 percent.

The worsened air pollution, caused by ultrafine dust, pulled down Moon's support scores, but it was offset by his drive to bolster the economy by meeting in the presidential complex with businessmen from major conglomerates and companies.

The defense ministry deleted its reference to the DPRK as an "enemy" in the biennial defense white paper for 2018, causing a divided response from the liberal and conservative voters.

Support for Moon's ruling Democratic Party rose 0.6 percentage points over the week to 40.7 percent this week, keeping an upward trend for the third consecutive week.

It was followed by the main conservative opposition Liberty Korea Party with 24.8 percent, up 0.9 percentage points from a week earlier.

The minor progressive Justice Party won 6.9 percent of support, while the minor conservative Bareun Future Party garnered 5.9 percent in approval rating. The center-left Party for Democracy and Peace gained 3.1 percent of scores.

The results were based on a survey of 1,505 voters conducted from Monday to Wednesday. It had 2.5 percentage points in the margin of error with a 95 percent confidence level.