New South Korean leaders are used to governing from the shambles of their predecessors’ failed presidencies, given the country’s long history of disgraced ex-leaders. No recent president-elect, however, has faced wreckage quite like this. Moon Jae-in, the liberal former human rights lawyer who took up presidential duties after being declared winner of Tuesday’s special election, must lead a country still deeply divided between conservative and liberal — even as he navigates the political mess left by ousted President Park Geun-hye, the imprisoned daughter of a dictator who once jailed Moon for leading student protests. Read more
