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        "msgid": "widespread-dissatisfaction-causes-presidents-popularity-to-plummet-1788173743",
        "date": "2026-08-31 16:40:00",
        "title": "Widespread Dissatisfaction Causes President's Popularity to Plummet",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "South Korean President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating has dropped below 40% for the first time during his term. The decline is attributed to rising housing costs, judicial controversies, and diminishing trust in the police force.",
        "content": "<p>The popularity of South Korean President Lee Jae-myung continues to\ndecline. His approval rating has fallen to 38.9%, marking the first time\nsince taking office that it has dipped below the 40% threshold.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Realmeter poll released on Monday (31\/08\/2026), Lee\u2019s\napproval rating decreased by 1.3 percentage points from the previous\nweek. Conversely, disapproval of Lee rose by 1.8 points to 58.7%,\ncreating a gap of 19.8 percentage points between the two figures.<\/p>\n<p>This decline marks the seventh consecutive drop. Realmeter attributes\nthis trend to growing public dissatisfaction regarding house prices and\nrents, controversies surrounding the nomination of Supreme Court judges,\nand declining trust in the police following a missing persons case in\nJeju.<\/p>\n<p>Lee\u2019s support saw its sharpest decline among voters in their 50s.\nApproval from this demographic plummeted by 7.5 points to 40.8%,\ncontinuing a three-week downward trend from 53% in the second week of\nAugust.<\/p>\n<p>Lee\u2019s popularity also declined among voters in their 40s, 60s, and\nthose aged 70 and above. However, support from voters in their 30s\nactually surged by 8.8 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>Regionally, the largest declines were recorded in Daejeon, Sejong,\nand the Chungcheong region, where approval ratings for Lee dropped by\n8.5 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to economic and housing issues, Realmeter noted that\ninternal disputes within the administration have also contributed to the\npressure on the President\u2019s popularity. These various controversies are\nsaid to have contributed to the rise in public discontent.<\/p>\n<p>The Realmeter survey was conducted between 24-28 August among 2,509\nvoters aged 18 and over across South Korea. The survey was conducted via\nautomated telephone calls using randomly generated mobile numbers, with\na margin of error of 2 percentage points at a 95% confidence level and a\nresponse rate of 3.9%.<\/p>",
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