Nearly 90% S.Koreans approve of new President: Poll

Seoul May 26 (IANS) Nearly 90 per cent of South Koreans approve of their newly appointed President and said he will do a good job running the country according to a poll released on Friday.

In the poll conducted by Gallup Korea 88 per cent of all respondents said they expect President Moon Jae-in to do well in performing his duties Yonhap News Agency reported.

Friday s poll marked a slight increase from 87 per cent a week earlier.

The survey was conducted on 1 003 adults throughout the country.

Those expecting Moon to do a poor job as the top elected official came to 6 per cent down 1 percentage point from a week earlier according to the local pollster.

Moon s approval rating also compared with the 70 per cent for his ousted predecessor Park Geun-hye in her third week in office it noted.

President Moon took charge on May 10 one day after a rare presidential by-election caused by the March 10 ouster of Park over corruption allegations.

In the latest survey Moon s ruling Democratic Party secured an approval rating of 51 per cent becoming the first liberal party ever to breach the 50 per cent mark in the country s history.

The approval rating of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party remained unchanged over the cited period at 8 per cent.

--IANS
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