![]() He was a founding member of the progressive South Korean newspaper, The Hankyoreh, in 1988. They remained friends up until Roh's suicide in 2009. Along with Roh, he took cases involving the labor rights issues and became renowned for his work in labor human rights. Moon chose to go into private practice instead.Īfter becoming a lawyer, he worked under future president Roh Moo-hyun in the 1980s. He graduated from the Institute as the second in his class but was not admitted as a judge or state prosecutor due to his history of student activism against the Yushin dictatorship under Park Chung-hee. Later that year, he passed the second round and was admitted to the Judicial Research and Training Institute. In 1980, he returned to the university to complete his remaining year of his studies. He stayed at the Buddhist temple of Daeheungsa to study for the exam, and passed the first of two rounds in 1979. Īfter his honourable discharge, the death of his father influenced him to decide to take the bar exam. Later, he was conscripted into the military and assigned to the South Korean special forces, where he participated in "Operation Paul Bunyan" during the axe murder incident in Panmunjom. ![]() After organizing a student protest against the Yushin Constitution, he was arrested, convicted, imprisoned, and expelled from the university. At university, he met his future wife, Kim Jung-sook. He was accepted to study law at Kyung Hee University with a full scholarship. Moon entered Kyungnam High School and reportedly placed at the top of his class. Moon once said in an interview that he did not know how to ride a bike since his family was too poor to afford a bike or a monthly school tuition. Moon's family became attached to the Catholic Church when his mother went to the local cathedral to receive whole milk powder. His mother became the main earner by selling clothes received from relief organizations and delivering briquettes. Since his father did not want to become a government employee as he had been in North Korea, his father started a business selling socks, which left his family in great debt. His father worked as head of agriculture department who detains food, especially rice of Korean colonial people as one of the main tasks at the Heungnam, Hamju, South Hamgyong Province. His parents were refugees from South Hamgyong Province, North Korea who fled their native city of Hungnam in the Hungnam evacuation during the Korean War. Moon Jae-in was born in Geoje, South Korea, on January 24, 1953, shortly before the end of the Korean War, as the second child and oldest son among five children of father Moon Yong-hyung and mother Kang Han-ok. Early life, education, and military service ![]() During the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, Moon has received praise domestically and internationally, and helped his party win a historic victory in the 2020 South Korean legislative election. On economic policy, he favors reform of chaebols (conglomerates), has raised the minimum wage by more than 16 percent, and lowered the maximum workweek from 68 to 52 hours. ![]() Moon favors the Sunshine Policy, a peaceful Korean reunification. On June 30, 2019, he met with both Kim and Donald Trump, then- president of the United States, at the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). As president, Moon has achieved international attention for his meetings with North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un at inter-Korean summits in April, May, and September 2018, making him the third South Korean president to meet their North Korean counterpart. ĭuring the 2017 presidential election, Moon was elected president as the Democratic Party of Korea candidate following the impeachment of Park Geun-hye and her subsequent removal. In 2012, Moon was a candidate for the Democratic United Party in the 2012 presidential election, in which he lost narrowly to Park Geun-hye in which Park was aided by the National Intelligence Service (NIS). He served in Roh's administration in various official capacities. As a result of his work in human rights law, Moon was chosen to be the campaign manager for his longtime mentor Roh Moo-hyun in his successful bid for the 2002 presidential election. ![]() He was imprisoned for organizing a protest against the Yushin Constitution. He became a lawyer and later involved in human rights activism with Roh Moo-hyun. He excelled in school and studied law at Kyung Hee University. Prior to his presidency, he served as Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs and Chief of Staff to President Roh Moo-hyun, Member of the National Assembly, and Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea.īorn to North Korean refugees of House of Moon in Hamhung, Moon was raised in poverty in the southern port city of Busan. Moon Jae-in ( Korean pronunciation: Korean: 문재인 born 24 January 1953) is a South Korean former politician, civil servant and lawyer who served as the 12th president of South Korea between 20. ![]()
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