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Moon Jae-in (Korean: 문재인; Korean pronunciation: [mun.dʑɛ.in]; born 24 January 1953) is a South Korean politician who served as the 12th (19th election) president of South Korea from 2017 to 2022.
Sep 1, 2024 · Moon Jae-In is a South Korean lawyer and civil rights activist who was the president of South Korea (2017–22) and leader of the liberal Democratic Party of Korea (2015–16). Although he was a proponent of the ‘sunshine’ policy of engagement with North Korea, he also advocated strong national defense.
Under the South Korean constitution, presidents are restricted to a single five-year term, meaning that incumbent president Moon Jae-in was ineligible to run for a second term. Opposition candidate Yoon Suk Yeol of the People Power Party won the election, [ 2 ] defeating candidate Lee Jae-myung of the incumbent Democratic Party .
Sep 9, 2017 · Moon Jae-in is a South Korean politician who currently serves as the President of South Korea. After spending his early years in poverty, he became a leader of student demonstrations while ...
Jun 23, 2021 · South Korea’s President had been seated next to Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang’s May Day Stadium on Sept. 19, 2018, for the close of the Mass Games when North Korea’s leader beckoned him up to the ...
Mar 10, 2022 · South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a news conference at the National Assembly in Seoul on Thursday, the morning after his victory in the country's presidential election ...
Mar 8, 2022 · Yoon Suk-yeol, the opposition party’s candidate for the 20th presidential election of South Korea, showing his symbolic gesture, the uppercut ceremony, during a campaign rally in Seoul on Sunday.
