South Korea President Stumbles in Poll Over Dior Bag Uproar

  • Incident clouds Yoon’s party ahead of an April election
  • Gallup Korea poll showed disapproval at nine-month high
Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee.Photographer: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images
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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 releasedBloomberg Terminal Friday. The polling group cited the “issue” around the first lady as one of the drivers for the rise in the rate.