After the months of political turmoil and a leadership void, South Korea now has President Moon Jae-in. Due to the nature of the election - a by-election to fill up the vacancy as the after Park Geun-hye's impeachment in March - Moon and his Minjoo Party had little time to prepare themselves to take the wheel.
President Moon clearly stated in his inauguration speech that he is willing to visit Pyongyang to solve the North Korea issue, but relations that have been practically severed for close to a decade wouldn't be recuperated easily. And there is an additional uncertainty on the U.S. side: President Trump.
After the months of political turmoil and a leadership void, South Korea now has President Moon Jae-in. Due to the nature of the election - a by-election to fill up the vacancy as the after Park Geun-hye's impeachment in March - Moon and his Minjoo Party had little time to prepare themselves to take the wheel.
President Moon clearly stated in his inauguration speech that he is willing to visit Pyongyang to solve the North Korea issue, but relations that have been practically severed for close to a decade wouldn't be recuperated easily. And there is an additional uncertainty on the U.S. side: President Trump.
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