SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating fell 1 percentage point to 22 percent this week compared with the previous survey in the fourth week of September, a weekly poll showed Friday.

The negative assessment on Yoon's conduct of state affairs added 1 percentage point to 69 percent, according to local pollster Gallup Korea.

Support for the ruling conservative People Power Party dived 3 percentage points to 28 percent in the cited period.

The main liberal opposition Democratic Party's popularity rating slipped 2 percentage points to 30 percent.

The minor left-leaning Rebuilding Korea Party posted 8 percent of support score this week, while the minor center-right New Reform Party logged 3 percent of approval score.

The results were based on a survey of 1,001 voters conducted from Tuesday to Thursday. It had plus and minus 3.1 percentage points in margin of error with a 95-percent confidence level. Enditem

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