Left wing Moon Jae- in elected president of South Korea

The left wing candidate Moon Jae-in elected president of South Korea. He is a son of a North Korean refugee. He got 41.4% votes in the presidential elections. The turn out was very high. Moon has ended the long running steak of Conservative Presidents.

President Moon has announced to ease the tension with North Korea. He said that he is willing to visit and meet North Korean leader Kim. In his first speech as president after swearing in, he vowed to end corruption in the country. The corruption was the main issue in the election campaign.