Lee's approval rating falls below 60% amid ballot shortage controversy: poll

President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating fell below 60 percent for the first time in four months amid negative public sentiment over ballot shortages reported during last week's local elections, a poll showed Friday.

The survey, conducted by Gallup Korea from Tuesday through Thursday on 1,002 people aged 18 and older, showed the positive assessment of Lee's job performance declined 7 percentage points from the previous poll conducted in the third week of May to 57 percent.

It marked the first t ...