SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating stood unchanged at 32 per cent this week compared to the previous week, according to a weekly poll released on Friday.
The negative assessment on Yoon's conduct of state affairs slipped 1 percentage point to 59 per cent, according to local pollster Gallup Korea, Xinhua news agency reported.
Support for the ruling conservative People Power Party increased 2 percentage points over the week to 35 per cent this week.
The main liberal opposition Democratic Party's popularity rating fell 1 percentage point to 33 per cent.
The minor progressive Justice Party's support score added 1 percentage point to 4 percent this week.
The results were based on a survey of 1, 000 voters conducted from Tuesday to Thursday. It had plus and minus 3.1 percentage points in margin of error with a 95-percent confidence level.