Former President Lee Myung-bak pardoned, Samsung vice chairman may be reinstated
South Korean President Yoon Sung-yeol (born 1960) has entered summer vacation from August 1, 2022.
With the unexpected drop in approval ratings, he will be faced with a mountain of difficult issues during the holidays. He will also make the final decision on the “pardon”.
“Hmm, but I guess it can’t be helped. We don’t have a good track record, and the personnel affairs are bad.” (Korean newspaper desk)
“Is there any reason for the high approval rating?” (Executive of a large company)
Approval rating plummeted to the 20% level
Over the past week or so, I’ve been asking a lot of people the same question.
“It hasn’t even been three months since he took office, and I don’t think he made a decisive mistake, so why did his approval rating plummet so much?”
If anything, the reaction of both of them, who were expecting the emergence of the Yoon Seok-yue administration, was “it can’t be helped.”
The president’s approval rating (evaluation of the administration of the president) released weekly by the Gallup Institute of Korea, a public opinion research company.
In the survey in the last week of July (announced on the 28th), 28% supported (positive evaluation) and 62% dissupported (negative evaluation).
By far the most common reason for negative evaluation was “personnel” (21%), followed by “experience, lack of qualifications, and incompetence,” “does not properly respond to the economy and people’s livelihood,” and “dogmatic and one-sided.” were 8% each.
