S.Korea President Yoon stumbles in poll over Dior bag uproar

The disapproval rate for Yoon Suk-yeol (right) is at its highest over his wife Kim Keon-hee’s Dior bag uproar. - AFP

SEOUL: The disapproval rating for South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol hit its highest level in about nine months in a major poll amid escalating questions over whether the first lady inappropriately received a designer bag.

The disapproval rate for Yoon rose to 63% from 58% in a weekly tracking poll by Gallup Korea released on Friday (Jan 26). The polling group cited the "issue” around the first lady as one of the drivers for the rise in the rate.