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S.Korean president's approval rating stays high at 74 pct: poll
Last Updated: 2018-06-21 16:34 | Xinhua
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in's approval rating stayed high though it slightly fell on weak economic indicators, a weekly poll showed Thursday.

According to the Realmeter survey, support for Moon was 74 percent this week, down 1.9 percentage points from the previous week.

The result was based on a poll of 1,501 voters conducted from Monday to Wednesday. It had 2.5 percentage points in margin of error with a 95 percent confidence level.

Moon's peace drive continued as South Korea and the United States announced the suspension of their joint war games, codenamed Ulchi Freedom Guardian, slated for August.

However, the South Korean economy faced an employment "shock" as the year-over-year job increase hit an eight-year low in May. The unemployment rate among youths neared the highest-ever level.

Moon said he would put his top priority on job creation and drew up supplementary budget for youth jobs, but it had yet to boost the lackluster labor market conditions.

Support for Moon's ruling Democratic Party declined 3.4 percentage points over the week to 53.6 percent this week, but the party kept its top post by a wide margin.

It was followed by the main conservative opposition Liberty Korea Party, of which support scores fell to 17.4 percent.

The minor progressive Justice Party won 7.9 percent of support, ranking the third for four straight weeks. The minor conservative Bareun Future Party and the minor center-left Party for Democracy and Peace gained 5.2 percent and 2.7 percent in support scores, respectively.

(Editor:富博)

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S.Korean president's approval rating stays high at 74 pct: poll
Source:Xinhua | 2018-06-21 16:34
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