Lee Jae-myung jong-eun, the front-runner to be the next president and former leader of the opposition Democratic Party (PDP) , topped 50 percent for the first time in a new poll, Yonhap news agency reported Wednesday. On the same day, the South Korean Central District Court in Seoul, the criminal trial of the 25th collegiate bench trial of former president Yoon Seok-yue suspected of initiating civil unrest. Yin Xiyue appeared in court, sitting in the dock of the trial site for the first time open to the outside world.
Lee Jae-myung’s 50.2% approval rating is the first time it has topped 50% , according to a Realmeter poll released Wednesday. Kim Moon-soo, candidate of the ruling National Strength Party and a former Minister of employment, had 12.2% , followed by Han dong-hoon (8.5%) and hung joon-pyo (7.5%) .
In terms of party support rate, the support rate of the Democratic Party was 48.7% , an increase of 2 percentage points compared with the previous survey; the support rate of the National Forces party was 32.9% , a decrease of 2 percentage points compared with the previous survey.
In addition, the new election in the ruling party support rate survey, support for regime change for 59.9% , 34.3% support for regime continuation, Down 1.0 percentage points from the previous week.
According to Yonhap news agency, Yoon Suk-yueh entered the courthouse through the underground parking lot in the morning and appeared in court at 9:57 am. Instead of looking directly at the media, Ms. Yoon turned her gaze to the prosecutor’s box, which she sat opposite. The judge then entered the courtroom and said that considering the public attention, the national right to know and the previous case, the court through the relevant process approved the media before the session. The judge then ordered the media to stop filming and formally start a second hearing after the media left the courtroom. According to reports, the trial court in the first trial when the media were not allowed to shoot, but this permit to shoot photos and video.