About three-fourth of South Koreans had positive expectations on President Moon Jae-in’s state management, a survey showed Monday.
According to the local pollster Realmeter, 74.8 per cent of respondents answered Moon will perform skillfully on running state affairs, while 16 per cent gave negative views. The remaining 9.2 per cent were unsure.
The survey was conducted on 1,516 electorates from Wednesday to Friday. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points and a confidence level of 95 per cent.
Economic recovery and eradication of corruption topped the most urgent tasks that the new president should tackle, with 30.8 per cent and 30.4 per cent of respondents saying so. Justice (33.1 per cent) and communication (16.9 per cent) followed, the survey showed.
President Moon was sworn in Wednesday without the typical two-month transition period, elected through a rare presidential by-election. He will serve five years.
The new ruling Democratic Party of Korea saw a rise in public support after the election victory. With 44.7 per cent, up 3 percentage points from a week ago, the liberal bloc topped all parties in approval ratings.
The conservative opposition Liberty Korea Party fell 4.5 per cent to mark 13 per cent, ending its uptrend of three weeks. The progressive Justice Party ranked third with 9.6 per cent, followed by the centrist People’s Party at 8.8 per cent and the conservative Bareun Party at 8.3 per cent.
