Fourth straight weekly drop, with disapproval at 53.0%, amid heat wave and controversy over military academy remarks
South Korea's Lee Approval Rating Hits Record Low 43.3%
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In a separate poll conducted by Realmeter, support for the ruling Democratic Party slipped 0.5 percentage point from a week earlier to 44.6 percent, while support for the main opposition People Power Party fell 0.1 percentage point to 37.6 percent. President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a luncheon meeting at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Aug. The pollster also pointed to the prolonged heat wave, as well as controversy over Lee's remarks suggesting that the Korea Military Academy was at the center of the country's past military coups, as factors that weighed on his approval rating.
Furthermore, 7, 2026, to comfort people victimized by state violence. In the poll conducted by Realmeter and commissioned by the EKN newspaper, Lee's approval rating fell 2.6 percentage points from the previous week to 43.3 percent, marking the fourth consecutive weekly decline. The disapproval rating rose 2.5 percentage points to 53.0 percent, while 3.6 percent were unsure.
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In a separate poll conducted by Realmeter, support for the ruling Democratic Party slipped 0.5 percentage point from a week earlier to 44.6 percent, while support for the main opposition People Power Party fell 0.1 percentage point to 37.6 percent.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesPresident Lee Jae Myung speaks during a luncheon meeting at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Aug.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesThe pollster also pointed to the prolonged heat wave, as well as controversy over Lee's remarks suggesting that the Korea Military Academy was at the center of the country's past military coups, as factors that weighed on his approval rating.
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7, 2026, to comfort people victimized by state violence.
according to Yonhap NewsIn the poll conducted by Realmeter and commissioned by the EKN newspaper, Lee's approval rating fell 2.6 percentage points from the previous week to 43.3 percent, marking the fourth consecutive weekly decline.
according to Yonhap NewsThe disapproval rating rose 2.5 percentage points to 53.0 percent, while 3.6 percent were unsure.
according to The Korea HeraldThe decline was particularly pronounced in Seoul, where Lee’s approval rating fell 5.9 percentage points.
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