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| South Korean President Moon Jae-in |
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in's approval rating fell this week on rising geopolitical risks on the Korean Peninsula and controversy over the deployment of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system, a survey showed Friday.
According to the Gallup Korea poll, Moon gained 72 percent of support this week, down 4 percentage points from the previous week.
It was based on a poll of 1,004 voters conducted from Tuesday to Thursday. It had 3.1 percentage points in margin of error with a 95 percent confidence level.
The negative assessment on Moon's management of state affairs was 20 percent this week, up 4 percentage points from a week ago.
The biggest reason for the negative evaluation was the geopolitical risks on the peninsula, caused by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s test on Sunday of what it claimed was a hydrogen bomb warhead that can be fitted atop an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
Controversy over the THAAD deployment was (also) cited as one of the reasons for the negative assessment on Moon.
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