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  "id": 11100272,
  "title": "Lee's approval rating remains unchanged at 43%: poll",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/lees-approval-rating-remains-unchanged-at-43-poll-11100272",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T03:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/20261001/lees-approval-rating-remains-unchanged-at-43-poll"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating remained steady at 43 percent in a recent poll, according to The Korea Times. The National Barometer Survey, conducted from Monday to Wednesday, revealed that Lee's disapproval rating increased by 2 percentage points to 50 percent, marking the highest disapproval rating in an NBS poll. The poll of 1,000 people aged 18 and older showed that 43 percent of respondents believed the Lee administration was heading in the right direction, while 50 percent thought it was moving in the wrong direction. Additionally, support for the ruling Democratic Party dropped by 4 percentage points to 35 percent, while backing for the main opposition People Power Party remained unchanged at 25 percent, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Lee's approval rating remains unchanged at 43 pct: poll",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/lees-approval-rating-remains-unchanged-at-43-pct-poll",
        "published": "2026-10-01T02:46:35.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Lee's approval rating remains unchanged at 43 pct: poll",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/lees-approval-rating-remains-unchanged-at-43-pct-poll-11093316",
        "published": "2026-10-01T03:12:02.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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