President Park's approval rating tumbled from 17 percent last week to 5 percent this week, lower than any other predecessors, according to a Gallup Korea survey conducted from Tuesday to Thursday.
It surpassed the previous low of 6 percent recorded by former President Kim Young-sam in the last year in 1997 of his single, five-year-term presidency when the country's financial crisis erupted.
Park's support base kept falling for seven weeks in a row since the second week of September when suspicions emerged over Choi Soon-sil suspected of pulling government strings behind the scenes by using her close friendship with the president for four decades.
Public anger was nonstop on spreading views that Choi's interference with government affairs could not happen without the president's protection and connivance.
Tens of thousands of protestors took to the streets last Saturday night, shouting for the president's resignation or impeachment. The rally is forecast to be repeated this Saturday, with about 50,000 enraged people expected to gather in capital Seoul alone.
Concerns mounted among ruling party members that their party's fate may sink together with souring popularity of President Park. The Saenuri Party's approval rating dropped to 18 percent, the lowest since Park took office in early 2013.
Support for the main opposition party hit this year's high of 31 percent, according to the Gallup Korea poll. Minor oppositions People's Party and the Justice Party posted support rates at 13 percent and 5 percent respectively.
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