Moon's Approval Rating Falls to 46.3%

President Moon Jae-in's approval rating fell for the second straight week last week with the breakdown of the United States-North Korea summit and worsening fine dust air pollution, a poll showed Monday.

Moon's support came to 46.3 percent last week, down 3.1 percentage points from the previous week, according to a poll by Realmeter on 2,518 people across the country. The survey was conducted between Monday and Friday.

The pollster said the fall is apparently attributable to the recent fruitless summit between the leaders of the U.S. and North Korea, nagging concerns about the economy and fine dust air pollution.

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ended their second summit on Feb. 27-28 in Hanoi without any agreement.

Since then, increased activity has been detected at North Korea's long-range missile launch site and its missile assembly facility, spawning speculation that Pyongyang may be preparing to launch a missile or a satellite-carrying rocket.

South Korea has been chocked by the dense fine dust level in recent days, drawing a public outcry over the government's lack of measures to...

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