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Korea Herald
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Korea Herald
People Power Party's popularity dips below 20% for 1st time in 5 years
South Korea's conservative People Power Party saw its popularity rating fall below the 20 percent mark for the first time in nearly five years, amid intensifying special counsel probes into disgraced former President Yoon Suk Yeol. The main opposition party's support ratings for the second week of July came to 19 percent, down by 3 percentage points from the previous week, according to a poll on 1,002 South Korean adults by Gallup Korea on Friday. According to the pollster, Friday's figure was the lowest rating for the major conservative party since November 2020, while those who had no political party to support amounted to 27 percent of all respondents, up 4 percentage points compared with the previous week. The ruling left-wing Democratic Party of Korea's rating reached 43 percent, down by 3 percentage points, leaving the 24 percentage point gap in popularity level unchanged from the previous week. The support level for the ruling party was higher than that of the main opposition party across the nation, and the conservative strongholds in the southeastern regions were no exception. Especially in Daegu and the surrounding North Gyeongsang Province combined, the support rating for the People Power Party stood at 27 percent, lower than the 34 percent rating for the liberal ruling party. Only 47 percent of conservatives expressed support for the People Power Party, the poll also showed. The major right-wing party, which was rebranded as the People Power Party in September 2020, struggled to win public support in the first three years of the former liberal president Moon Jae-in's five-year tenure. But starting April 2021, the gap in support level between major parties mostly amounted to low single digits, until Yoon's presidential election victory in March 2022, according to Gallup Korea. Immediately after Yoon's botched martial law declaration in December, the People Power Party's support level plummeted. From January to May, its ratings hovered mostly in the mid-30 percent range until the early presidential election, which took place due to Yoon's impeachment in December and ouster from office in April. The party's ratings have remained in the low 20 percent range since liberal President Lee Jae Myung's election victory in early June. Yoon, who quit the People Power Party in May, has been under arrest on charges related to his short-lived martial law imposition. The court approved his arrest warrant Thursday morning after the special counsel looking into his insurrection allegations sought a warrant Sunday. Another poll by the National Barometer Survey, jointly conducted by Embrain Public, KStat Research, Korea Research and Hankook Research, also indicated a similar downtrend in the People Power Party's popularity, with the rating standing at 19 percent on Thursday. Meanwhile, Friday's Gallup Korea poll suggested that President Lee's job approval rating in the second week of July slipped 2 percentage points to 63 percent in a week.
Korea Herald
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Korea Herald
Right-wing party's popularity dips below 20% for 1st time in 5 years
South Korea's right-wing People Power Party saw its popularity rating fall below the 20 percent mark for the first time in nearly five years, amid intensifying special counsel probes into disgraced former President Yoon Suk Yeol. The main opposition party's support ratings for the second week of July came to 19 percent, down by 3 percentage points from the previous week, according to a poll on 1,002 South Korean adults by Gallup Korea on Friday. According to the pollster, Friday's figure was the lowest rating for the major conservative party since November 2020, while those who had no political party to support amounted to 27 percent of all respondents, up 4 percentage points compared with the previous week. The ruling left-wing Democratic Party of Korea's rating reached 43 percent, down by 3 percentage points, leaving the 24 percentage point gap in popularity level unchanged from the previous week. The support level for the ruling party was higher than that of the main opposition party across the nation, and the conservative strongholds in the southeastern regions were no exception. Especially in Daegu and the surrounding North Gyeongsang Province combined, the support rating for the People Power Party stood at 27 percent, lower than the 34 percent rating for the liberal ruling party. Only 47 percent of conservatives expressed support for the People Power Party, the poll also showed. The major right-wing party, which was rebranded as the People Power Party in September 2020, struggled to win public support in the first three years of the former liberal president Moon Jae-in's five-year tenure. But starting April 2021, the gap in support level between major parties mostly amounted to low single digits, until Yoon's presidential election victory in March 2022, according to Gallup Korea. Immediately after Yoon's botched martial law declaration in December, the People Power Party's support level plummeted. From January to May, its ratings hovered mostly in the mid-30 percent range until the early presidential election, which took place due to Yoon's impeachment in December and ouster from office in April. The party's ratings have remained in the low 20 percent range since liberal President Lee Jae Myung's election victory in early June. Yoon, who quit the People Power Party in May, has been under arrest on charges related to his short-lived martial law imposition. The court approved his arrest warrant Thursday morning after the special counsel looking into his insurrection allegations sought a warrant Sunday. Another poll by the National Barometer Survey, jointly conducted by Embrain Public, KStat Research, Korea Research and Hankook Research, also indicated a similar downtrend in the People Power Party's popularity, with the rating standing at 19 percent on Thursday. Meanwhile, Friday's Gallup Korea poll suggested that President Lee's job approval rating in the second week of July slipped 2 percentage points to 63 percent in a week.
Korea Herald
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Korea Herald
DP's Lee leads PPP's Kim 46 pct to 32 pct: poll
Democratic Party presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung was leading his People Power Party rival Kim Moon-soo with 46 percent support against Kim's 32 percent, a survey showed Thursday. In a National Barometer Survey conducted from Monday to Wednesday, candidate Lee Jun-seok of the minor New Reform Party came third with 10 percent. More than half of the respondents, or 55 percent, said they were in favor of regime change by the DP through the June 3 presidential election, while 34 percent hoped to extend the rule of the former governing PPP. The survey was conducted by pollsters Embrain Public, Kstat Research, Korea Research and Hankook Research on 1,002 people aged 18 and older. The margin of error was 3.1 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level. (Yonhap)
New Straits Times
11-05-2025
- Politics
- New Straits Times
S. Korea conservatives choose presidential candidate after last-minute chaos
SEOUL: South Korea's People Power Party registered former labour minister Kim Moon-soo as its official presidential candidate on Sunday, a day after it attempted to cancel his candidacy. The ruling People Power Party (PPP) has been in turmoil since former president Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted after he declared martial law in December. Last week, Kim won the PPP's primary to run as its candidate in presidential elections on June 3. But before dawn on Saturday, his nomination was cancelled and the party moved to replace him with ex-prime minister Han Duck-soo, who had resigned to contest the race initially as an independent. The attempt, however, failed when party members voted down a motion to switch the presidential candidate from Kim to Han – automatically reinstating Kim as the nominee. "Today, I have completed the registration process for the presidential candidacy. I would like to express my gratitude to all the citizens who have shown concern and to my fellow party members," Kim told reporters after he registered his candidacy at the National Election Commission. "This presidential election is particularly crucial as it will determine who can overcome the current crisis facing our nation and work towards the happiness of our people," said the 73-year-old. "I pledge to do my utmost to secure victory and lead South Korea towards becoming an even greater nation," he added. Kim added that he is scheduled to meet Han at the party headquarters soon after, and emphasised that he will do his best to leverage Han's "remarkable capabilities." Separately, Han held a press conference, announcing he will step down. "I accept everything with humility and respect the outcome. I sincerely wish candidate Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party and his supporters success in this election," said Han. "Now, I am stepping back from everything and returning to the life of an ordinary citizen." The deadline to register candidates with the National Election Commission closes later on Sunday. Analysts say the country's right needs to rally around a single candidate to avoid an opposition landslide at the election, with Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party leading in polls. A National Barometer Survey released this week showed Lee – who currently faces multiple criminal trials – leading Kim 43 per cent to 29 per cent.
France 24
11-05-2025
- Politics
- France 24
S. Korea conservatives choose presidential candidate after last-minute chaos
The ruling People Power Party (PPP) has been in turmoil since former president Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted after he declared martial law in December. Last week, Kim won the PPP's primary to run as its candidate in presidential elections on June 3. But before dawn on Saturday, his nomination was cancelled and the party moved to replace him with ex-prime minister Han Duck-soo, who had resigned to contest the race initially as an independent. The attempt however failed when party members voted down a motion to switch the presidential candidate from Kim to Han -- automatically reinstating Kim as the nominee. "Today, I have completed the registration process for the presidential candidacy. I would like to express my gratitude to all the citizens who have shown concern and to my fellow party members," Kim told reporters after he registered his candidacy at the National Election Commission. "This presidential election is particularly crucial as it will determine who can overcome the current crisis facing our nation and work toward the happiness of our people," said the 73-year-old. "I pledge to do my utmost to secure victory and lead South Korea toward becoming an even greater nation," he added. Kim added that he is scheduled to meet Han at the party headquarters soon after, and emphasised that he will do his best to leverage Han's "remarkable capabilities". Separately, Han held a press conference, announcing he will step down. "I accept everything with humility and respect the outcome. I sincerely wish candidate Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party and his supporters success in this election," said Han. "Now, I am stepping back from everything and returning to the life of an ordinary citizen." The deadline to register candidates with the National Election Commission closes later on Sunday. Analysts say the country's right needs to rally around a single candidate to avoid an opposition landslide at the election, with Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party leading in polls. A National Barometer Survey released this week showed Lee -- who currently faces multiple criminal trials -- leading Kim 43 percent to 29 percent.
