SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating rose to 44 percent this week after hitting a record low, a biweekly poll showed Thursday.
In a survey of 1,000 adults nationwide conducted Monday through Wednesday, positive assessments of Lee's job performance rose 1 percentage point from two weeks earlier, according to the National Barometer Survey (NBS).
Negative assessments fell 1 percentage point to 49 percent.
Lee's approval rating stood at a record low of 43 percent for two consecutive surveys conducted in mid-September and the first week of October.
Support for the ruling Democratic Party fell 2 percentage points to 33 percent, while that of the main opposition People Power Party rose 3 percentage points to 28 percent.
The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.
President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a ceremony at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Oct. 14, 2026, to announce a set of measures for the country's population strategy. (Yonhap)
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