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South Korea's Moon Jae-in sworn in vowing to address North
« on: May 10, 2017, 10:46:40 am »
South Korea's new President Moon Jae-in has been sworn in, vowing to address the economy and relations with the North in his first speech as president.

He said that he would even be willing to visit Pyongyang under the right circumstances.

Mr Moon took his oath of office in Seoul's National Assembly building a day after his decisive win.

The former human rights lawyer and son of North Korean refugees is known for his liberal views.

Tensions on the Korean peninsula remain high and recent weeks have seen the US and Pyongyang trade angry rhetoric as speculation about another nuclear test grows.

Mr Moon has also vowed to unify a divided country reeling from a corruption scandal which saw his predecessor, Park Geun-hye, impeached.

More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39866696
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New South Korean president vows to address North Korea, broader tensions 'urgently'
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2017, 04:54:50 pm »
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New South Korean president vows to address North Korea, broader tensions 'urgently'
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By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim
ReutersMay 10, 2017
New South Korean president vows to address North Korea, broader tensions 'urgently'

By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's new liberal President Moon Jae-in was sworn in on Wednesday and vowed to immediately tackle the difficult tasks of addressing North Korea's advancing nuclear ambitions and soothing tensions with the United States and China.

Moon said in his first speech as president he would begin efforts to defuse security tensions on the Korean peninsula and negotiate with Washington and Beijing to ease a row over a U.S. missile defense system being deployed in the South.

In a phone call congratulating Moon's election, U.S. President Donald Trump agreed with the new South Korean leader to cooperate on North Korea's nuclear issue and invited him to visit Washington, the South Korean presidential office said.

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Re: New South Korean president vows to address North Korea, broader tensions 'urgently'
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2017, 05:03:41 pm »
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For Mr Song, it was the experience of watching members of his family starve to death during the great famine in the 1990s that convinced him to defect.

He lost his mother and sister to the famine, while he was forced to make posters glorifying the 'arduous struggle', as it was called by then-ruler Kim Jong-il.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4486454/North-Korean-defector-says-Kim-Jong-war-inevitable.html#ixzz4ghEdz7x9
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Re: New South Korean president vows to address North Korea, broader tensions 'urgently'
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2017, 05:04:50 pm »
He'll send roses to Kim3 and try and talk down the aggressors US and China, apparently
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Re: South Korea's Moon Jae-in sworn in vowing to address North
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2017, 05:19:24 pm »
It sounds like Stockholm Syndrome.
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