Seoul, Dec. 1 -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating rose 2.1 percentage points from a week earlier to 71.1 percent last week, a weekly poll showed on Monday.
The negative assessment of Lee's conduct of state affairs declined 1.9 percentage points to 27.9 percent, according to computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) by local pollster Flower Research.
The ruling liberal Democratic Party's support advanced 1.6 percentage points to 56.2 percent, while the conservative opposition People Power Party's approval score decreased 4.5 percentage points to 24.5 percent.
Support rate for both the minor left-leaning Rebuilding Korea Party and the minor rightist New Reform Party logged 2.8 percent last week.
The pollster's ...