The proportion of South Koreans who support President Moon Jae-in increased from 41.4% to 45.5% after the Justice Minister Cho Kuk resigned.

The results of this regular survey were organized by Realmeter poll published on October 17, shortly after President Moon approved the resignation letter of Justice Minister Cho Kuk.

Support for Moon last week fell to a record low of 41.4% when protesters protested against the appointment of Mr. Cho Kuk as Minister of Justice, who was caught up in members' corruption scandal. in the clan. In the beginning of his term, the support of the Korean President was always over 80%.

Cho Kuk, who served as Moon's senior secretary on civil matters and was appointed Minister of Justice in September. However, President Moon's decision to appoint Cho Kuk faced opposition. In the past few weeks, South Koreans have been confronting people with protests after a wife and some of his relatives were investigated on suspected corruption.

Cho resigned as Justice Minister on October 14. The South Korean president then publicly apologized to the people when the appointment led to conflicts in society, especially the frustration with the country's elite.

The resignation was approved just hours after Cho announced he would review the South Korean prosecutor's office, the agency involved in investigating politicians and politically sensitive cases. Mr. Cho believes that the state prosecutor now has too much power and wants to carry out a series of reform measures.

Mr. Cho was later investigated by the prosecutor's office on charges that his daughter was given priority to attend a medical school. Cho's wife was also indicted in two financial scandals, which directly affected him.

According to the Korea Times, Cho applied to return to teach at Seoul National University just 20 minutes after the resignation was approved. He was a lecturer at this university before becoming a secretary to the president in May 2017.

However, more than 94% of the 2,500 Seoul National University students taking part in the survey objected to his return to school, according to a poll on October 15 in an online forum of the student community.