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The South Korean general elections have come and gone, with Moon Jae-in’s Democratic Party winning a historic landslide victory.  The use of the term “historic” here is far from hyperbolic: the Democrats’ 180 out of 300 seats is the most held by any single political party since 1992. 

While South Korean presidents have enjoyed legislative majorities in the past, they have generally come at the cost of compromise – either externally by allying with minor parties, or internally by accommodating divisive