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Three years into his tenure at the Blue House, Moon Jae-in recently experienced political validation at the ballot box. His party’s election victory in April will give him a majority in the National Assembly to work with (for the first time in his presidency) as he heads into his final two years in office.

This development should enable him to pursue his foreign policyobjectives readily in the remainder of his tenure. But that does not mean it will be an