President's Approval Rating Recovers to 50%

National Benchmark Survey
President Lee Jae-myung presides over the 37th Cabinet meeting held at the Blue House on the 25th. Blue House Photojournalist Group
Public opinion polls show that President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating has recovered to the 50% range.
However, confidence in state administration has hit its lowest point since his inauguration.
According to the National Benchmark Survey (NBS) results released on the 27th (conducted via telephone interviews, with a margin of error of ±3.1%p at a 95% confidence level) by Embrain Public, K-Stat Research, Korea Research, and Hankook Research, the positive evaluation that President Lee is "doing well" in state administration was 50%, while the negative evaluation that he is "doing poorly" was 43%. In the previous survey conducted in the second week of August, President Lee's approval rating had dropped into the 40% range (49%) for the first time since taking office. The negative evaluation remained the same as two weeks ago.
Regarding the Lee Jae-myung administration's state administration, the positive evaluation that it is "moving in the right direction" fell by 4%p from the previous survey, recording 48%, the lowest since his inauguration. The negative evaluation that it is "moving in the wrong direction" rose by 5%p to 45%. The positive and negative evaluations were within the margin of error.
This survey was conducted from the 24th to the 26th among 1,001 citizens aged 18 and older. For more details, please refer to the National Election Survey Deliberation Committee website.
President Lee Jae-myung speaking at the 10th Central-Local Cooperation Meeting held at the Blue House on the 26th. Yonhap News