Liberal Candidate Moon Jae-in Wins South Korean Presidency
May 10, 2017
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Back in March, South Korea's Constitutional Court removed President Park Geun-hye due to numerous scandals that surrounded her. Authorities arrested her three weeks later and authorities claimed she "abused the mighty power and position as President to take bribes from companies and infringed upon the freedom of corporate management and leaked important confidential official information."
Well, Park was friendly with the U.S. and agreed with our officials on North Korea. Her ouster led to an opportunity for more liberal officials to rise to power who want to take a softer approach on North Korea.
That's exactly what happened. Democratic candidate Moon Jae-in won the election yesterday, which may "mean an overhaul for Seoul's policy on North Korea. He even said that he would "visit rival North Korea under the right conditions."