Lee's approval rating edges down for 2nd consecutive week: poll

President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating edged down to 52 percent this week, a poll showed Friday, marking its second straight weekly decline.

In a survey conducted by Gallup Korea from Tuesday through Thursday, 52 percent of 1,003 respondents aged 18 and older positively assessed Lee's management of state affairs, down 1 percentage point from a week earlier.

The rating marks a consecutive weekly drop from 54 percent recorded in the poll released July 3.

Those who disapproved of Lee's handling ...