Moon Jae-in

Opportunities will be equal. The procedures will be fair. The result will be just.

Moon Jae-in (born 24 January 1953) is the 12th and current President of South Korea, and a former human rights attorney.

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Opportunities will be equal. The procedures will be fair. The result will be just.
- 기회는 평등할 것입니다. 과정은 공정할 것입니다. 결과는 정의로울 것입니다.
- Inaugural address of the president of South Korea (2017)

Moon and his party have, so far, put more focus on the issue of unification or peace rather than denuclearization, to the extent of Moon being publicly seen as Kim Jong-un's top spokesman.
- Hyung-A Kim, as quoted in South Korean peace efforts look 'out of sync' with elimination of North Korean nukes by Nyshka Chandran, 4 December 2018, CNBC

Just four months after winning the April 15 general election by a landslide, and securing 176 seats in the 300-seat National Assembly, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his governing Democratic Party (DP) are faced with an alarming change in public sentiment. [...] This drastic decline in public support for the president and the government illustrates not only the volatile nature of South Korea's democracy, but also the growing backlash against their attempts to make abuse of power the new norm in the country. Indeed, since their stunning election victory in April, President Moon and his party have repeatedly undermined the rule of law, ignored the procedures put in place to ensure the separation of powers, and made controversial moves to further their populist agenda and help their allies escape accountability.
- Hyung-A Kim, Abuse of power has become the norm in Moon's South Korea, 5 Sept 2020, Al Jazeera English

ince the election, the DP government also made several moves to bring the Supreme Prosecutors' Office (SPO) fully under its control. [...] The government's attempts to shield its members and supporters from being held accountable for alleged abuses of power are not limited to bringing the SPO under control either. President Moon and the DP's silence on and apparent unwillingness to get to the bottom of the sexual harassment allegations directed at powerful heads of local government, including the highly influential Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, is yet another example of their desire to make abuse of power and impunity the new norm in South Korea. In light of all this, it is hardly surprising that Koreans are starting to turn their backs on Moon and his party who were elected on a promise to end corruption and abuse of power - ills that have beset Korean governments since the country's successful transition towards democracy in 1987. The alarming decline in the public's support for Moon and the DP is a clear warning that Moon risks becoming a lame duck in the fourth year of his five-year presidency and in the lead-up to the April 2021 by-elections and the 2022 presidential election.
- Hyung-A Kim, Abuse of power has become the norm in Moon's South Korea, 5 Sept 2020, Al Jazeera English

When Moon Jae-in looks back on the history of the ROK he holds up only the anti-state riots and protests as high points.
- Brian Reynolds Myers, Interview with Joshua Stanton (August 2017), One Free Korea