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Citing Trump turbulence, opposition calls for new S.Korean leadership

South Korea united in concern about impact of Trump victory on the peninsula

The four leading South Korean opposition leaders have all called for President Park to step down, saying that she is not fit to manage the diplomatic shake-up that President-elect Trump is predicted to bring to the Korean Peninsula.

South Korean newspaper editorials from across the political spectrum have displayed similar worries, in a united expression of concern over how the new U.S. administration will impact the South.

“More than ever, we are in need of prudent and dignified diplomatic-security policy,” leading presidential candidate Moon Jae-in of the Minjoo Party said on Thursday, after congratulating President-elect Trump.

“Especially, we should not