South Korea Report 2022

In the final stretch of the Moon Jae-in administration – with presidential elections held in March 2022 – several long-term tasks prioritized and set forth by President Moon in his 100 Policy Tasks (2017) and New Deal (2020) remained relevant and important for the future of South Korea. On the one hand, the Democratic Party’s decisive victory in April 2020, giving it a parliamentary majority, provided a strong mandate for implementing President Moon’s agenda.