Easy Night for Moon Conceals Looming Dangers in Korea and Beyond
- Kim Jong Un, Trump and Korea Inc. all pose challenges for Moon
- Moon faces divided parliament, fractured political landscape
South Korea's Moon Jae-in Secures 41.08% of Votes
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South Korea’s new leader Moon Jae-in had only a few hours to celebrate.
With his predecessor in jail, he’s starting his single five-year term on Wednesday with a host of problems on his desk. Kim Jong Un’s regime regularly warns Seoul of nuclear destruction. Donald Trump has threatened to tear up a trade pact. And the de facto head of Samsung Electronics Co. -- South Korea’s biggest company -- is detained on bribery charges.