Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at 9:33 am |

SEOUL (Reuters) - Liberal politician Moon Jae-in won South Korea’s presidential election on Tuesday, exit polls showed, an expected victory that would end nearly a decade of conservative rule and bring a more conciliatory approach toward North Korea. “We will accomplish the two tasks given to us, reform and national unity that the people of this country desire.”

Moon, 64, was beating conservative challenger, former prosecutor Hong Joon-pyo, by 41.4 percent to 23.3 percent of the votes, exit polls conducted jointly by three network stations showed. His two main rivals, conservative Hong Joon-pyo and centrist Ahn Cheol-soo, were expected to garner 23.3 percent and 21.8 percent, respectively, according to the exit poll, which had a margin of error of 0.8 percentage points.
South Koreans vote in a presidential election, with Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party of Korea winning the election.