{
  "id": 15524537,
  "title": "President Lee's approval rating rebounds after 2-week decline: poll",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/president-lees-approval-rating-rebounds-after-2-week-decline-poll-15524537",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T00:37:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20261019/president-lees-approval-rating-rebounds-after-2-week-decline-poll"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Korea Times reports that President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating has rebounded to 37.3 percent after two weeks of decline, according to a survey conducted by Realmeter. The poll, which surveyed 2,520 adults nationwide from last Monday to Friday, found that positive assessments of Lee's job performance increased by 2.1 percentage points, while negative assessments dropped by 1 percentage point. Realmeter cited policies aimed at improving people's livelihoods, such as housing and job initiatives, as well as the government's measures to tackle violent crimes, as reasons for the rebound. However, a separate survey by the same pollster found that support for the ruling Democratic Party of Korea rose slightly, while support for the main opposition People Power Party fell.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Lee's approval rating rebounds after 2-week decline: poll",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/lees-approval-rating-rebounds-after-2-week-decline-poll",
        "published": "2026-10-18T23:35:25.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "President Lee's approval rating rebounds after 2-week decline: poll",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/president-lees-approval-rating-rebounds-after-2-week-decline-poll",
        "published": "2026-10-19T00:17:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
}