Exit poll indicates landslide win for Moon in South Korea election

Left-leaning former human rights lawyer Moon Jae-In wins South Korea’s presidential election by a landslide, an exit poll predicts as voting closes.

The election was called to choose a new president after Park Geun-Hye was ousted and indicted for corruption, and took place against a backdrop of high tensions with the nuclear-armed North.

They gave Moon, of the Democratic Party, who backs engagement with the North, 41.4 percent support, according to the joint survey by three television stations. Conservative Hong Joon-Pyo — who dubs Moon a “pro-Pyongyang leftist” was far behind on 23.3 percent, with centrist Ahn Cheol-Soo third on 21.8.

— AFP