{
  "id": 12042381,
  "title": "Lee's approval rating dips after 2-week rise: poll",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/lees-approval-rating-dips-after-2-week-rise-poll",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T01:12:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/20261005/lees-approval-rating-dips-after-2-week-rise-poll"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating has dipped slightly after a two-week rise, according to a new poll. The poll, conducted by Realmeter, found that 37.4% of the 2,515 adults surveyed had a positive view of Lee's job performance, a decrease of 0.5 percentage points from the previous week. Negative assessments of his performance dropped 0.3 percentage points to 59.8%, while 2.8% of respondents were unsure. Lee's approval rating had been on the rise due to his clarification of key political issues during a press conference, as well as the announcement of new livelihood and welfare policies using excess tax revenue. However, personnel, security, and livelihood-related issues, including controversies over new investigative agencies and the appointment of the SCIA chief, seem to have had a more significant impact on the decline in his approval rating.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Lee's approval rating dips after 2-week rise: poll",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/lees-approval-rating-dips-after-2-week-rise-poll-12042415",
        "published": "2026-10-05T00:42:58.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Lee's approval rating dips after 2-week rise: poll",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/lees-approval-rating-dips-after-2-week-rise-poll-12045764",
        "published": "2026-10-05T01:27:03.000Z"
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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."
}