Moon Jae-in was part of South Korea’s last liberal government, which pursued a “Sunshine policy” of reconciliation and dialogue with North Korea. Photo: APSeoul: North Korean state media reported the election of the South’s new left-leaning president Moon Jae-In after a two-day delay, but at unusual length. “Moon Jae-In... was elected to be the 19th-term ‘president’ with 41% voting rate,” it said, using the McCune-Reischauer transliteration system that is standard in North Korea. “A candidate from the Saenuri Party was elected president in the south with a razor-thin margin,” that dispatch read in full. The North did not report the victory of the South’s previous president Lee Myung-Bak at all.

Source: Mint May 12, 2017 10:41 UTC