A woman casts her vote at a polling station during the presidential elections in Seoul, South Korea May 9, 2017. One of his rivals, Hong Joon-pyo, candidate for the Liberty Korea Party, has said that a government under Mr Moon would be too soft on North Korea. Mr Moon, by contrast, has called the system’s recent deployment “very regrettable” and said in a book published recently that South Korea should learn to “say no to the Americans". Mr Hong, the conservative, has colourfully pledged to rid the country of corruption by putting it through a washing machine. Mr Moon has vowed to create 810,000 jobs in the public sector and raise taxes for the wealthy.

Source: Bangkok Post May 09, 2017 05:03 UTC