Roh’s Popularity on the Rise
President Roh Moo-hyun’s approval rating is on the rebound according to the Korea Times.
President Roh Moo-hyun’s approval rating has improved over recent months rise, reaching 39.2 percent early this month.
This represents a significant increase in support for Roh, the figure having dropped to 27.6 percent last November.
Research & Research (R&R), a leading survey firm in Seoul, reached the result via a phone survey of 800 adults across the nation on Feb. 3.
Roh’s support began to pick up steam late last year after he vowed to focus on revitalizing the nation’s sagging economy and improve the people’s livelihoods.
He has also resolved to seek reconciliation with opposition parties and avoid political wrangling.
Thanks to the apparent turnaround in policy, Roh’s approval rating rose to 35.6 percent, according to another R&R poll released last month.
If 39.2% approval rating a normal approval rating for a sitting President here in Korea? It seems really low especially when he was sitting at 27.6% in November.
As much as people villianize President Bush with anti-Bush movies, books, songs, forgerized memo’s, etc, etc, he has always maintained at least around a 50% approval rating. I wonder if President Roh’s opposition made anti-Roh books, songs, movies, etc about him, how low his popularity would go?
