North Korea’s most widely read newspaper the Rodong Sinmun declared Minjoo Party presidential candidate Moon Jae-in the “candidate with high chances to win” the upcoming South Korean Presidential election on May 9 in an editorial today.
Moon’s name appeared in Rodong earlier this year in passing, but this is the first time the former chief presidential secretary been mentioned as a potential future president of South Korea - something not covered by North Korean media when he ran against Park Geun-hye in 2012.
North Korea’s most widely read newspaper the Rodong Sinmun declared Minjoo Party presidential candidate Moon Jae-in the “candidate with high chances to win” the upcoming South Korean Presidential election on May 9 in an editorial today.
Moon’s name appeared in Rodong earlier this year in passing, but this is the first time the former chief presidential secretary been mentioned as a potential future president of South Korea - something not covered by North Korean media when he ran against Park Geun-hye in 2012.
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