Moon Vows to Seek Peace With North Korea, Take On Companies

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  • ‘I will do whatever I can to bring peace,’ Moon says

Moon Seeks to Change Foreign Policy Toward North Korea

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Moon Jae-in pledged to push for peace with North Korea and get tough on South Korea’s biggest companies in his first remarks as president after a resounding election win.

Moon, 64, was officially sworn in on Wednesday after an easy victory in a vote called after his predecessor Park Geun-hye was ousted on corruption charges in March. The left-leaning candidate has promised a shift in direction after about a decade of conservative rule ended with South Korea’s biggest street protests since the 1980s and an acceleration of North Korea’s nuclear program.