President Yoon Suk Yeol must decide - or may have already decided - whether to veto a bill launching a special counsel probe into allegations that the government interfered in an investigation into the death of a Marine during a flood rescue operation.
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President Yoon Suk Yeol's job approval rating hit an all-time low in the third week of April, as the ruling bloc reels from the repercussions of massive losses in the April 10 general election, a poll showed Thursday. Yoon's approval rating came to just 27 percent, the lowest since Yoon took office in May 2022, according to a poll conducted by the National Barometer Survey. The previous low was 28 percent i.
The ruling People Power Party (PPP) sees its narrow lead over the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) diminishing in recent surveys. This is stoking fears among conservatives that Han Dong-hoon, the party leader whose personal popularity helped the moribund ruling party rebound from a major defeat in a district leadership by-election, is now running out of charm just weeks before the April 10 general elections.
The ruling party's floor leader on Wednesday called for the establishment of a trilateral security council formed of members of the Cabinet and the two major parties to counter threats from North Korea. “North Korea is projected to step up its provocations ahead of our general election (scheduled for April 10) and the US presidential election (in November),” People Power Party Floor Leader Yun Jae-ok.