Democratic Party rattled by shrinking support as approval ratings slide and post-insurrection strategy loses steam

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• ·Falling approval ratings, real estate backlash and internal strains are pushing Korea's ruling party to rethink its strategy beyond the post-insurrection narrative.
• ·A growing voice within Korea's ruling camp is calling on the Democratic Party (DP) to think beyond the insurrection narrative, as approval ratings for both President Lee Jae Myung and the party slide following the June 3 local elections.
• ·A nationwide survey released Friday by the National Barometer Survey, conducted by mobile phone interview from Monday to Wednesday, put President Lee's approval rating at 57 percent, which is a drop of 9 percentage points over three weeks.
• ·In policy, his real estate initiatives received the lowest marks, with positive assessments plummeting 17 percentage points to 40 percent.
• ·The decline was even steeper in a separate Korea Society Opinion Institute poll, conducted from Monday to Tuesday by automated mobile survey, which President Lee himself shared on X, writing that he would "humbly accept the people's stern verdict." That survey put his approval at 50.4 percent, down 9.4 percentage points from its previous poll.