Lee's approval rating edges down to 60%: poll

President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a meeting with senior aides at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Thursday. Yonhap

President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating slipped slightly to 60 percent this week, led by mixed assessments of his economic policies, a poll showed Friday.

The survey by Gallup Korea, conducted Tuesday through Thursday on 1,001 respondents aged 18 and over, showed that the positive assessment of Lee's overall performance fell by 1 percentage point from the previous week.

The negative assessment decreased by 1 percentage point to 29 percent, while 10 percent said they were undecided.

Lee's economic policies were cited most frequently as the reason for a positive evaluation, at 19 percent, followed by diplomacy at 17 percent.

Among the negative responses, 21 percent pointed to concerns over the economy, followed by diplomacy at 8 percent.

The approval rating for the ruling Democratic Party of Korea gained 1 percentage point to 44 percent, while that of the main opposition People Power Party increased by 3 percentage points to 25 percent.

The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.