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President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating rose to 41 percent in a Gallup Korea poll conducted Nov. 3-5 on 1,001 adults, marking the first time in over two months the figure exceeded 40 percent, Yonhap and Korea Times report. Positive assessments were led by "diplomacy" at 18 percent, followed by "economy and livelihoods" and "communication," while "real estate policy" topped negative reasons at 19 percent; disapproval stood at 50 percent. Party support was 36 percent for the Democratic Party and 28 percent for the People Power Party, according to KBS WORLD. The rating rose from 36.9 percent a week earlier, which Yonhap attributed to summit achievements and economic policies, and follows a 46 percent reading in a late-October biweekly poll that saw approval surpass disapproval for the first time in nearly two months. Korean reaction is mixed: an opinion piece in Korea Times says that despite Lee's busy schedule and livestreamed Cabinet meetings, "Korea goes nowhere," while poll data show public trust in courts at 41 percent amid impeachment discussions involving Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee Dae.