Moon's approval rating rebounds to 72 pct
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in's approval rating rose this week, ending two consecutive weeks of decline before the start of the new year, a poll showed Friday.
In a survey of 1,007 adults conducted by Gallup Korea, 72 percent said they approved of the president's performance, a 2 percentage-point increase from two weeks earlier. The weekly survey was skipped in the last week of December.
The number of respondents who are negative dropped 1 point to 20 percent.
The ruling Democratic Party saw its approval rating jump 4 points to 48 percent, while that of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party slipped 2 points to 10 percent. The minor opposition People's Party gained 2 points to 7 percent.
The survey had a confidence level of 95 percent and a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points.
bdk@yna.co.kr
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