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Moon's official role led Ahn Cheol-soo to quit and form the centrist People's Party. Moon was considered the frontrunner to win Korea's presidential election , which would be the 19th term of the country's presidency, following the impeachment and removal of Park Geun-hye. The election had originally been scheduled for December , but was brought forward to May in order to ensure that they would take place within 60 days of Park's removal, as required by the Constitution. The general election originally had 15 announced candidates.
Moon faced four other major party nominees during the election, including presidential rival and past party colleague Ahn Cheol-soo of the People's Party and Hong Jun-pyo of the Liberty Korea Party. He was elected the 19th president of South Korea in Korea's 19th presidential election by a large plurality over two.
On May 10, , Moon won the election with a plurality of His announced goal is to create , public sector jobs through raising taxes on the wealthy. Moon's policy against corporate corruption, specifically in regards to Korean conglomerates known as " chaebols " is to give "minority shareholders more power in electing board members" of the companies.
Moon also promised transparency in his presidency, moving the presidential residence from the palatial and isolated Blue House to an existing government complex in downtown Seoul. In a televised presidential debate, Moon said he opposes homosexuality , [42] in response to conservative candidate Hong Jun-pyo 's remarks that gay soldiers were a source of weakness in the South Korean military. Moon's remark prompted immediate criticism during the debate from Sim Sang-jung , the sole presidential candidate to support LGBT rights and a member of the left wing Justice Party.
Some of Moon's supporters dismissed the comments as a necessity to win, as South Koreans tend to be conservative in social issues. Moon has favored a peaceful reunification between the two Koreas. He was both widely criticized and widely praised for his comments stating that his first visit if elected president would be to visit North Korea , a visit that would be not unlike Roh Moo-hyun's visit to the country in Similarly, Moon's foreign policy towards North Korea is considered to closely align with the Sunshine Policy embraced by former liberal presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun.
His presidential campaign has supported re-opening of the Kaesong industrial park. Moon's relatively liberal stance in foreign policy is reflected as he is quoted in a book: "I'm pro-U. Moon was sworn into office immediately after official votes were counted on 10 May, replacing Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn.
There was no transition period between the election and inauguration, unlike other presidential elections due to the nature of an election following a presidential impeachment. South Korea's economic growth has been attributed in large part to Chaebols , or family-owned conglomerates. Prominent examples of conglomerates include Samsung and Hyundai , [51] concentrated power collusion , connections with the government including most recently the Choi Soon-sil scandal which ultimately led to the special election Moon won. Moon subsequently appointed "chaebol sniper" Kim Sang-jo, a well-known shareholder activist, to the role of fair-trade commissioner aimed at reforming chaebols.
His government has launched a series of minimum wage hikes.
One of these was in , which raised the minimum wage by The maximum hour work week was reduced from 68 to Moon's predecessor and daughter of Park Chung-hee , Park Geun-hye , originally planned to mandate usage of state-issued history textbooks in Moon reversed these plans in May in one of his first major acts as president. Critics of Park's original plan saw this as a way for Park to mitigate some representations of her father's oppressive policies under a dictatorial rule, only highlighting the positive accomplishments of the past. Park had stated she wanted to replace the "left-leaning" books with those created from the government that would instill greater patriotism.
Schools will continue to choose privately published, government-approved textbooks written under educational guidelines instead. Moon had promised during his campaign to adopt a dog from an animal sanctuary. This was considered relevant to South Korean politics as the country allows for consumption of dog meat. He adopted Tory, a four-year-old black mongrel who was saved from a dog meat farm, from an animal rights group. The move was considered to send "a strong message against the dog meat trade". Moon's administration has focused on increasing South Korea's consumption of natural gas, away from nuclear and coal as sources of energy.
These plans include delaying construction on nuclear reactors as well as re-opening dialogue around a natural gas pipeline that would come from Russia and pass through North Korea.

In addition, he shut down eight coal-fired power plants upon assuming office in May , and pledged to shut down the remaining ten coal plants by the end of his term. In the long term, he envisioned renewable sources would eventually be able to meet Korea's demand, but in the interim, proposed liquefied natural gas LNG as a stopgap measure while coal and nuclear were taken offline in the coming decades.
However, more than 1. Moon openly declared in a presidential television debate that he opposes homosexuality , [68] alleging it was merely for political games.
Human Rights Watch in their Word Report called on the Korean government to take note of the urgent need for protecting the rights of Korea's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. In July , the proposal of South Korea's first comprehensive anti-discrimination law , which would provide legal protection including minority communities such as the LGBTQ community , has not seen any open support from Moon. However, In October , speaking to Buddhist and Christian religious leaders, President Moon Jae-in said, "A national consensus should be the priority for same-sex marriage.
However, regarding the human rights of sexual minorities, they should not be socially persecuted or discriminated against. Moon visited the United States to meet with U. President Donald Trump in June , discussing U. Outlining his North Korea strategy in a speech in Berlin , Germany, on July 6, , Moon characterized the process leading to unification as a long-term project, rather than laying out any detailed plans for a unified Korea.
He emphasized alliance with the United States and specified the need to assure dismantlement of North Korea's nuclear weapons program. At the same time he presented the question of unification in a regional context and signaled his hopes of working in cooperation with the international community. He supported sanctions against North Korea, while leaving open the possibility of their being rescinded, and indicated that it is crucial to establish a peace treaty with North Korea to end the Korean War officially in exchange for denuclearization.
As of late July, following North Korea's latest missile launch and increasingly aggressive actions, Moon asked the U. Kim and Moon met again on May The meeting had not been publicly announced beforehand. He and delegates—including prominent figures in business, culture, and religion—flew to the Sunan Airport in Pyongyang and met with Kim Jong-un. In March , U. In January , Moon was still serious about inter-Korean cooperation.