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President Yoon Seok-yeol’s brief Q&A on his way to work was suspended for a while and then resumed.
The time has been reduced, and the format has changed drastically, such as ignoring uncomfortable questions.
It is said that the change was made because of the drop in approval ratings.
Reporter Lee Ki-joo reports.
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President Yoon Seok-yeol on his way to work this morning.
After three days, the briefing was held again, and only two questions were asked, and even those inconvenient questions were not answered.
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The brief interview took only 43 seconds.
President Yoon did not answer any questions on the current issue even on the 15th, when it was suspended and resumed due to the COVID-19 resurgence.
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“Come on… just two.”
In the meantime, according to the judgment that President Yoon’s improvised direct speech or emotional remarks were one of the reasons for the decline in approval ratings during the briefing, analysis came out that the presidential office might have tried to change.
In fact, if you look at the opinion polls released today, the negative evaluation of President Yoon’s performance in state affairs exceeded 63%, the highest since he took office.
On the other hand, the positive evaluation continues to stay in the low 30% range, with 32% of the KSOI survey and 33% of the real meter coming out.
So, today’s presidential office directly foretelling a tough response to the strike of subcontractors of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering is also interpreted as a stepping stone aimed at reversing the decline in approval ratings through the gathering of conservatives.
In addition, President Yoon Seok-yeol is struggling to increase his approval rating by strengthening his economic moves and encouraging ministers to come to the fore.
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“What is falling in approval ratings, I think, is that the responsibility of the staff, the cabinet, or the entire government passport that now surrounds it, is not 90%.”
There are also observations that President Yoon Seok-yeol will revamp the president’s office at an early stage if he does not seize the opportunity for a rebound in the approval rating in the near future.
This is Lee Ki-joo from MBC News.
Video coverage: Park Jong-il / Video editing: Lee Jeong-geun
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