Photo: AFPSeoul: South Korea’s new leader Moon Jae-in had only a few hours to celebrate. The presence of five major candidates this time around was unusual for South Korea, which traditionally has two-horse races for president. One major point of tension is the US deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, known as Thaad, in South Korea. Thaad has increased tensions between South Korea and China and Moon blasted the US’s speedy deployment of the missile shield. Both of them have said they’ll meet with North Korea’s Kim under the right circumstances.

Source: Mint May 10, 2017 03:33 UTC