Yoon's approval rating falls to 31%

Rep. Yun Jae-ok, first in row, greets President Yoon Suk Yeol upon his arrival to Korea after his trip to the Netherlands at the Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, south of Seoul, Dec. 15. Yonhap

President Yoon Suk Yeol's approval rating fell slightly to 31 percent, a poll showed Friday.

The rating fell 1 percentage point from a week earlier, while the negative assessment marked the highest since the fourth week of April at 62 percent, according to a Gallup survey on 1,002 people aged 18 and over, conducted from Tuesday to Thursday.

Diplomacy was the most cited reason for the positive assessment, while economy and livelihood matters were the most cited cause for the negative assessment.

The approval rating for the two major parties both rose by 1 percentage point, with 36 percent saying they support the ruling People Power Party, while 34 percent expressed support for the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea.

The proportion of people who said they do not support any political party was 24 percent, down by 3 percentage points.

The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points with a confidence level of 95 percent. (Yonhap)