Trump Calls South Korea’s Moon Jae-in On Election Victory

Her impeachment bolstered the chances of Moon, who has campaigned on promises of transparency and social policies to address inequality and unemployment.

“I take this office empty-handed, and I will leave the office empty-handed”, Moon said.

Mr Trump invited Democratic party leader Mr Moon to visit the United States “as early as possible”. The date was not set for a potential visit by Moon.

Moon told Abe that most Koreans could not accept the agreement, according to the Blue House, while Japan’s top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said Abe told him it was “extremely important” to implement it.

When Mr Moon was last in government, in the early 2000s, South Korea had a “Sunshine Policy” which meant co-operation with North Korea, a policy which was abandoned as North Korea tested nuclear weapons.

Moon’s North Korea approach is also a contrast. The country hosts some 28,000 USA forces. The call to Moon took place just a day after he took office and comes amid increased regional tensions over North Korea as well as the deployment of a USA missile-defense shield in South Korea.

President Moon Jae-in and his US counterpart Donald Trump in a phone conversation Wednesday vowed to meet as early as possible to discuss North Korea and other pending issues.

In a sign of Washington’s growing concern about the North, the Central Intelligence Agency announced Wednesday its establishment of an integrated “Korea Mission Center”.

The U.S. and North Korea aren’t now involved in any diplomacy. The person wasn’t authorized to publicly discuss the diplomacy and demanded anonymity.

But tensions have been rising rapidly since US President Donald Trump took office in January. “I would like to closely cooperate with the president to achieve the denuclearization of North Korea”, Abe told Moon.

“If needed I will fly directly to Washington. I will go to Beijing and Tokyo and under the right circumstances go to Pyongyang as well”, he said. “If the conditions shape up, I will go to Pyongyang”. He also begins his term facing multiple domestic challenges, including the aftermath of the huge corruption scandal that saw his conservative predecessor Park Geun-Hye impeached and swept him to power, but leaves the country bitterly divided. Moon visited the national cemetery where he honored the country’s for. China contends the system’s radar ranges into its territory and threatens its security.

While South Korea, China and Japan all share worry about North Korea, ties between South Korea and China have been strained by South Korea’s decision to install a US anti-missile system in defense against the North. However, at the same time, he maintained advocating South Korean people to have a soft corner for their north Korean counterpart.

Reports state that Moon has already chose to appoint provincial governor Lee Nak-yon as prime minister. His appointment requires parliamentary approval.

In his message, Xi said that South Korea and China are significant neighbours and have achieved remarkable success in bilateral cooperation and communication which benefits people both of their citizens, as well as contributes to peace and development in the region.

The South’s president additionally dove straight into Beijing’s disapproval of Seoul and Washington’s move to deploy an American anti-missile system, THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense), on South Korean soil. Beijing sees the system as a threat to its own security.

“The National Election Commission, based on the first clause of Article 187 of the Public Official Election Law, determines that the Democratic Party’s Moon Jae-in, who gathered the largest number of valid votes, was elected as president”, NEC Chairman Kim Yong-deok said in the televised meeting.