SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – President Yoon Suk-yeol’s approval rating fell for the first time in four weeks after his remarks caught on a hot mic in New York caused an uproar here, a survey showed Monday. In the poll of 2,522 voters conducted by Realmeter from Monday to Friday last week, 31.2 percent [...]
WASHINGTON, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States’ approval rating in South Korea jumped at one of the steepest rates among Asian countries in 2021, a poll showed Friday. The approval rating of U.S. leadership in South Korea climbed to 59 percent last year from 30 percent a year earlier, according to Gallup. The increase [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — About 42 percent of South Koreans think that President Moon Jae-in did a good job in handling state affairs over the past five years, an approval rating slighly higher than the vote he received in the 2017 presidential election, a poll showed Wednesday. Moon, who was elected president with [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans picked the health and welfare sector as the best-performing area under the Moon Jae-in administration over the past three years, a poll showed Monday. In a Realmeter poll of 500 adults, 34.3 percent of respondents picked the health and welfare sector as the area where the Moon [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – President Moon Jae-in suffered a slight drop in his approval rating this week, a poll showed Thursday, amid a growing demand to withdraw his nomination for the new venture minister believed to hold what many believe is a distorted view on history. In a survey conducted on 1,521 voters throughout [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in’s approval rating edged up again last week due in part to his stern response to North Korea’s missile launch and brisk diplomacy to rein in the provocative state, a survey indicated Monday. In the Realmeter survey conducted from Monday to Friday, Moon’s rating was tallied at [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – President Moon Jae-in’s approval rating dropped slightly from a week earlier though it still remained at a record high level, a survey showed Friday. In a survey conducted by Gallup Korea, 82 percent of 1,011 adults polled offered a positive evaluation of Moon’s management of state affairs. The tally [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly a month has passed since the inauguration of President Moon Jae-in on May 10. Among the many adjectives used by the media to define Moon’s personality, “unauthoritarian” stands out. Moon’s departure from the stereotypical authoritarian attitudes of a president became a hot topic in the news starting his [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 80 percent of the public approve of President Moon Jae-in’s job performance so far, a survey showed Friday, less than a month after the liberal took office. In the survey conducted on 1,004 adults from Tuesday to Thursday, 84 percent of respondents said they think Moon is [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 90 percent of adult South Korean citizens have a positive outlook on President Moon Jae-in’s handling of state affairs, a survey showed Friday, reflecting high public support for the new liberal leader. In the survey conducted from Tuesday through Thursday by local pollster Gallup Korea, 87 percent of [...]