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President Roh Moo-hyun’s approval ratings are down to 30.4 percent, according to a telephone poll taken Saturday by the Chosun Ilbo and Korea Gallup of 1,097 adults. According to the results, 53.1 percent of the respondents said Roh’s performance was "unsatisfactory," and 30.4 percent said it was "satisfactory." Of the rest, 9.9 percent said Roh’s performance so far was "average" and 6.7 percent declined to answer. The president’s approval rating is down from 59.6 percent on April 29 and 40.2 percent on May 31. In other areas, 67.7 percent of the respondents said the direction in which the nation’s political, economic, social, and defense issues was "unsatisfactory." Only 12.9 percent said they were headed in the right way. The survey had a 95 percent confidence level and a margin of error of ±3 percent. |