{
  "id": 13828799,
  "title": "Lee's approval rating falls for 2nd straight week: poll",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/lees-approval-rating-falls-for-2nd-straight-week-poll",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T00:05:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yonhap News",
    "slug": "yonhap-news",
    "url": "https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20261012001300315"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating has dropped for the second consecutive week, according to a poll conducted by Realmeter. The president's approval rating fell to 35.2 percent, with positive assessments of his job performance declining by 2.2 percentage points from the previous week. Negative assessments rose by 1.6 percentage points to 61.4 percent. The decline in approval ratings can be attributed to controversies surrounding judicial independence, disputes over mine explosions in the Demilitarized Zone, and rising rental and housing prices in the Seoul metropolitan area. In a separate survey, support for the ruling Democratic Party fell by 7 percentage points to 35.5 percent, while the main opposition People Power Party gained 2.9 percentage points, reaching 41.3 percent. Both polls had a margin of error of 2.5 percentage points and 3.1 percentage points, respectively.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Lee's approval rating falls for 2nd straight week: poll",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/lees-approval-rating-falls-for-2nd-straight-week-poll-13829021",
        "published": "2026-10-12T00:22:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}