A public opinion survey showed that President Lee Jae-myung's job approval rating rose for the second consecutive week after rebounding last week.

According to a survey of 1,508 adults aged 18 and older nationwide conducted by Realmeter at the request of the Energy Economy News from September 21 to 23, positive assessments of President Lee's performance rose by 3.1 percentage points from the previous week to 37.9%.

Negative assessments stood at 60.1%, down 3.3 percentage points from the previous week.

Those answering "don't know" accounted for 2.0%.

President Lee's approval rating had rebounded last week for the first time in 10 weeks.

Realmeter analyzed that public communication efforts through a press conference, along with his overseas diplomatic tour including the UN General Assembly and South Korea-U.S. summit, played a positive role. It added that his commitment to personnel renewal, such as the voluntary withdrawal of Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won and the resignation offer by Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik, was also positively received.

In a party support survey conducted from September 22 to 23 among 1,005 voters aged 18 and older nationwide, the People Power Party edged ahead of the Democratic Party of Korea within the margin of error for the first time in two weeks.

The Democratic Party recorded 38.7%, and the People Power Party recorded 39.4%.

The Democratic Party fell 1.5 percentage points from the previous survey, while the People Power Party rose 0.9 percentage points.

Realmeter stated that the People Power Party appears to have driven the rise in its support rating by mounting focused criticism of the government's personnel vetting process following the successive downfalls of ministerial nominees, while highlighting conflicts within the judiciary and controversies over constitutional amendment.

Regarding the Democratic Party, Realmeter noted that its approval rating appears to have fallen as voters in their 40s and younger as well as moderates defected, amid internal party conflict over the appointment of the head of the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency and the aftermath of Supreme Court Chief Justice Jo Hee-de's refusal to resubmit nominations for Supreme Court justices.

The Rebuilding Korea Party, which had seen its approval rating rise for five consecutive weeks, dropped 1.2 percentage points to 4.0%.

The Reform Party recorded 2.9%, and the Progressive Party recorded 1.4%.

Other political parties stood at 3.3%, and the unaffiliated group accounted for 10.2%.

The presidential job approval survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, with a response rate of 3.8%.

The political party support survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, with a response rate of 3.5%.

For more details, refer to the official website of the National Election Survey Deliberation Commission.