Park’s approval rating plunges to new low

President Park Geun-hye’s approval rating dipped to a new low of 10.4 percent, a survey showed Tuesday.

According to a nationwide poll by local pollster Research View, the disapproval rating for Park hit an all-time high of 81.2 percent, up 14.9 percent from a week earlier, right after the influence-peddling scandal surfaced.

Park’s efforts to soothe public anger by making an apology and carrying out a reshuffle of the presidential staff have not had much impact. The latest data corresponds with other survey results released over the past few days which point to a dive in the president’s popularity across all age groups and regions.

The fall in her popularity is especially notable in her core support base -- Daegu, North Gyeongsang Province and the over-60 age group.

In Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province, her approval rating stands at 11 percent. In Busan, Ulsan and South Gyeongsang Province, 12.4 percent said that the president was doing okay. In Seoul, 8.3 percent said they backed Park.

The poll showed that 41.3 percent of the supporters of the ruling Saenuri Party thought that the president was doing OK, while 40.6 percent thought otherwise.