A public opinion poll showed that President Lee Jae-myung's job approval rating dropped slightly from last week.
According to a survey of 1,000 adults aged 18 and older nationwide conducted by Gallup Korea from October 27 to 29, 39% of respondents gave a positive assessment of President Lee's job performance.
The figure is down 1 percentage point from the fourth-week survey of October released on October 23.
Negative assessments stating he is "doing poorly" stood at 49%, while 12% reserved judgment.
Among the reasons for positive evaluations, "diplomacy" topped the list at 17%, followed by "economy and livelihoods" at 14% and "communication" at 8%.
"Doing well overall" and "working-class policy and welfare" accounted for 5% each.
As for reasons for negative evaluations, "real estate policy" was cited most frequently at 19%, followed by "economy and livelihoods" at 17% and "defense, security, and North Korea policy" at 10%.
"Doing poorly overall" and "authoritarianism and arbitrariness" each stood at 6%.
In terms of political party support, the Democratic Party of Korea stood at 35% and the People Power Party at 30%, remaining within the margin of error.
The Democratic Party dropped 2 percentage points from last week, returning to its lowest approval rating since the launch of the Lee Jae-myung administration.
In contrast, the People Power Party rose 2 percentage points, tying its previous record high.
The 5 percentage point gap between the two parties is the narrowest since the inauguration of the Lee Jae-myung administration.
The Rebuilding Korea Party recorded 3%, the New Reform Party 2%, and the Progressive Party 1%, while unaffiliated voters stood at 28%.
The survey was conducted through telephone interviewer-assisted surveys using randomly sampled mobile virtual numbers.
The survey has a margin of error of ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, with a contact rate of 43.1% and a response rate of 10.4%.
Further details are available on the website of the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission.
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