Moon Jae In, who became South Korea's president Wednesday after winning an election as standard bearer of the Democratic Party of Korea, was a human rights lawyer and chief aide to the late President Roh Moo Hyun.The 64-year-old entered politics by winning a parliamentary seat in the southeastern city of Busan, his hometown, in 2012. In the same year, he made his first bid for the presidency, as a candidate representing the then main opposition Democratic United Party, but lost to Park Geun Hye of the then ruling Saenuri Party.The conservative camp has criticized Moon for being too radical …READ FULL ARTICLE
