President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating fell to 38% in Gallup Korea's second-week-of-September survey, its lowest level since he took office in June last year, while 51% disapproved of his handling of state affairs. Seoul's positive rating dropped 9 percentage points in a week to 29%, below the 34% recorded in Daegu-North Gyeongsang, according to the same Gallup survey. Housing and livelihood concerns, Cabinet appointments and opposition to the administration's consideration of deploying troops to the Strait of Hormuz have increased political pressure. Market pricing put the probability of Lee's arrest before 2027 at 7.3% on a YES contract, though that indicator does not establish that an arrest will occur.