S. Korean president's approval rating edges down to new low: poll

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating edged down to a new low of 43 percent, marking its fifth consecutive weekly decline, a public opinion poll showed Monday.The result was based on a Realmeter survey of 2,511 voters conducted from last Monday to Friday and commissioned by a local newspaper, with Lee's approval rating down 0.3 percentage point from the previous week.Of the respondents, 54.1 percent gave a negative assessment of Lee's job performance, up 1.1 percentage points from the previous week and remaining above his approval rating.The sharpest decline was recorded am…READ FULL ARTICLE