SEOUL: Scandal has cost South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol two nominees for a single ministerial position, a first in the country's history and a new setback for a leader facing plunging poll numbers.
The latest Gallup poll, released on Friday, showed Yoon had a 43 per cent approval rating - down 10 points from a month before - with 42 per cent disapproving. Personnel issues were the most commonly cited problem - by about 18 per cent of people who disapproved of Yoon. Those comments were"disastrous", said Park Won-ho, a political science professor at Seoul National University.
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