Seoul: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s approval rating inched up to 62 per cent this week marking six months in office, amid positive public sentiment over his diplomacy, a poll showed Friday.

The survey by Gallup Korea, conducted Tuesday through Thursday on 1,000 respondents aged 18 and over, showed that 62 per cent gave a good assessment of Lee’s overall performance, up 2 percentage points from the previous two weeks, Yonhap News Agency reported.

Twenty-nine per cent gave a negative view, down from last week’s 29 per cent, while 8 per cent withheld their evaluation.

Diplomacy topped all other areas of state affairs among the reasons cited for positive assessments, accounting for 32 per cent, followed by 14 per cent who pointed to his leadership in managing the economy and livel

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