Editing History of South Korea (section)

===Moon Jae-in, 2017–2022===
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[[File:2018 inter-Korean summit 01.jpg|thumb|North Korean leader [[Kim Jong Un]] and South Korean President Moon Jae-in shaking hands inside the [[Inter-Korean Peace House|Peace House]] on 27 April 2018]]
[[Moon Jae-in]] was inaugurated on 10 May 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Korean president willing to work with North – DW – 05/10/2017 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/new-south-korean-president-moon-sworn-in-and-willing-to-visit-north-korea/a-38779018 |work=dw.com |language=en}}</ref> As President, his tenure saw an improving political relationship with North Korea, some increasing divergence in the military alliance with the United States, and the successful hosting of the [[2018 Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Madhani |first1=Aamer |title=Was hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics worth the trouble for South Korea? |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/winter-olympics-2018/2018/02/21/hosting-2018-winter-olympics-worth-trouble-south-korea/350410002/ |work=USA TODAY}}</ref> Moon Jae-in met with North Korean chairman [[Kim Jong Un]] at the [[April 2018 inter-Korean summit]], [[May 2018 inter-Korean summit]], and [[September 2018 inter-Korean summit]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tiezzi |first1=Shannon |title=The Moon-Kim Summit: What You Need to Know |url=https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/the-moon-kim-summit-what-you-need-to-know/ |work=thediplomat.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last3=Seo |first1=Joshua |last1=Berlinger |first2=Sophie |last2=Jeong |first3=Yoonjung |title=Kim Jong Un hugs Moon Jae-in as inter-Korean summit starts |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/17/asia/north-korea-south-korea-summit-intl/index.html |work=CNN |date=18 September 2018 |language=en}}</ref> During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea|COVID-19 outbreak]], President Moon had gained a positive reputation both domestically and internationally with the initial successes of controlling the outbreak.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thompson|first=Derek|date=2020-05-06|title=What's Behind South Korea's COVID-19 Exceptionalism?|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/whats-south-koreas-secret/611215/|access-date=2022-04-28|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US}}</ref> Subsequent outbreaks in 2021, however, caused his ratings to plummet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210103000139|title=Moon's approval rating drops to lowest point|work=[[The Korea Herald]]|date=3 January 2021|access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref> As of 2021, South Korea recorded more deaths than births, resulting in a population decline for the first time on record.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/world/asia/south-korea-population.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/world/asia/south-korea-population.html |archive-date=28 December 2021 |url-access=limited|title=As Birthrate Falls, South Korea's Population Declines, Posing Threat to Economy|last=Gladstone|first=Rick|website=[[New York Times]]|date=4 January 2021|access-date=5 January 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In April 2020, President Moon's [[Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)|Democratic party]] won a landslide victory in parliamentary [[2020 South Korean legislative election|elections]]. It took 180 seats in the 300-member National Assembly with its allies. The opposition [[People Power Party (South Korea)|People Power Party]] (UFP) won 103 seats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/4/16/south-koreas-governing-party-wins-election-by-a-landslide|title = South Korea's governing party wins election by a landslide}}</ref>

President Moon finished his term on 9 May 2022. His successor, [[People Power Party (South Korea)|People Power Party]] candidate [[Yoon Suk-yeol]], took over the seat on 10 May 2022 after winning narrowly the [[2022 South Korean presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Yoon Suk-yeol takes office as South Korea's new president |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/10/yoon-suk-yeol-takes-office-as-south-koreas-new-president |work=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref>