{
  "id": 17712946,
  "title": "Lee's approval rating rises on summit achievements, economic policies: poll",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/lees-approval-rating-rises-on-summit-achievements-economic-policies-17712946",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T00:52:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/politics/20261102/lees-approval-rating-rises-on-summit-achievements-economic-policies-poll"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating has risen to 36.9% following recent diplomatic successes and economic policies, according to a new poll. This increase of 1.6 percentage points from the previous week comes as Lee's disapproval rating dropped by 2.2 points to 60.1%. The survey, conducted among 2,515 adults across the nation from Monday to Friday, attributes the improvement to diplomatic achievements from the recent Korea-Germany summit and positive economic indicators. These include a current account surplus and plans to expand housing supply in the greater Seoul area. Lee's approval ratings have remained below 40% in recent polls, having dropped from 38.9% to 36.9% over the past week. A separate poll of 1,005 adults found support for the ruling Democratic Party of Korea up 2.3 percentage points to 38.3%.",
  "summary": "President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating came to 36.9 percent last week, a poll showed Monday, rising slightly from a week earlier on the back of diplomatic achievements and economic policies but remaining below 40 percent for the 10th consecutive week. In the poll conducted on 2,515 adults nationwide from last Monday to Friday by Realmeter, positive assessments of Lee's job performance rose 1.6…",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Lee's approval rating rises on summit achievements, economic policies: poll",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/lees-approval-rating-rises-on-summit-achievements-economic-policies",
        "published": "2026-11-02T00:34:25.000Z"
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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."
}