Moon Rises In South Korea

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - MAY 09: South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party of Korea reacts after a television report on an exit poll of the new president at the party's auditorium in the National assembly on May 9, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea. Polls have opened in South Korea's presidential election, called seven months early after former President Park Geun-hye was impeached for her involvement in a corruption scandal. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Soon after becoming the president of South Korea on May 9, Moon Jae-in vowed to unify the Asia-Pacific nation.

Moon, the liberal leader who backs talks with North Korea, thanked his countrymen for allowing him to serve as the president, saying that he would try hard to bring lasting peace to the Korean peninsula. The newly-elected president also said that he would be willing to visit Pyongyang and...