Lee's approval rating inches up to 61.9% : poll
President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a meeting with senior aides at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, April 9. Yonhap
President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating rose slightly from a week earlier last week, remaining above 60 percent for the fifth consecutive week, a survey showed Monday.
Lee's approval rating stood at 61.9 percent, up 0.7 percentage point from the previous week, according to the survey by Realmeter, commissioned by a local business news outlet.
Of those surveyed, 32.8 percent said they disapprove of Lee, down 0.5 percentage point from a week earlier.
Realmeter partly attributed the rise in approval ratings to a rebound in the local currency and stock market, fueled by expectations of a ceasefire in the United States' war against Iran.
The latest survey was conducted on 2,508 adults from Monday through Friday and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points, with a confidence level of 95 percent.
In a separate survey conducted by the same pollster on 1,002 individuals aged 18 and over Thursday and Friday, the approval rating for the ruling Democratic Party of Korea gained 0.7 percentage point from a week earlier to 50.6 percent.
The approval rating for the main opposition People Power Party shed 1.3 percentage point to 30 percent.
The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, with a confidence level of 95 percent.