South Koreans have voted and former human rights attorney Moon Jae-in is the country’s next leader. So, what can we expect from the new president?
Moon won the country’s elections with more than 40 percent of the vote and took office just a day later. He takes the helm of a country wrestling with economic woes and tension with neighboring DPRK.
CGTN’s Jack Barton reports from Seoul.
To discuss the outlook for South Korea:
- Esther Park, chief correspondent of the New York Bureau for the Korean Broadcasting System, or KBS.
- Jee Abbey Lee, a reporter with Voice of America.
- Qinduo Xu, a political analyst for China Radio International.
- Jonathan Pollack, Interim SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies in the Center for East Asia Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution.
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