South Korea's president-elect Moon Jae-in gestures to supporters at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on Tuesday. (Reuters photo)SEOUL - South Korean human rights lawyer Moon Jae-in never felt comfortable being at the Blue House when he was a top aide to the president. "I will be a president that can share a glass of soju with the public after work," he told reporters in April, referring to South Korea's vodka-like liquor. “I was thinking I wanted to finish my life there in Hungnam doing pro-bono service," he said in his book published in January, referring to his parents' hometown on North Korea's east coast. As a conscript in South Korea's special forces, Moon was part of mission that responded after North Korean troops murdered an American soldier with an axe in the demilitarised zone in 1976.

Source: Bangkok Post May 10, 2017 01:30 UTC