Name: Why South Korea's Moon Jae-in faces the biggest fight of his presidency | FT
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Protests have returned to the streets of Seoul.

It is just three years on from the massive candlelight

Relative clauses (Restrictive vs. nonrestrictive)

revolution which led to the downfall and imprisonment

has found himself in the biggest political fight

he wanted to be justice minister backfired and caused outrage

among opposition groups, as the minister's own family became

The export dependent economy in South Korea

the global economic slowdown and a longer than expected downturn

for the country's critical computer chip makers.

The US-China trade war and a simmering dispute

between Seoul and Tokyo is adding further pressure,

forcing the Bank of Korea to cut interest rates to record lows,

for the biggest fiscal stimulus since the financial crisis.

Mr Moon's hallmark policy of seeking engagement

with the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un

in a bid to bring about peace on the Korean peninsula

has also hit roadblocks, with the North Koreans returning

to regular weapons tests and talks over denuclearisation,

once again looking like they are in a deadlock.

With the South Korean president's approval ratings

that Mr Moon could become a lame duck president,

and his ability to continue to push for engagement with North

Korea might, too, become dead in the water.

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Why South Korea's Moon Jae-in faces the biggest fight of his presidency | FT

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