China News Agency, Seoul, May 9 (Liu Xu and Liu Jingni) At 18:00 local time on the 9th (17:00 Beijing time), South Korean President Moon Jae-in left the Blue House.
After that, he will stay in a temporary residence in Seoul and exercise the command of the army by telephone until 00:00 on the 10th.
He will take a high-speed train (KTX) to his new residence in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, after attending the inauguration ceremony of President-elect Yoon Seok-hye on the 10th.
Since taking office on May 10, 2017, Moon Jae-in's presidency is coming to an end.
In the past five years, from the peninsula issue to economic development, what kind of ruling has the Moon Jae-in government handed over?
Data map: Wen Zaiyin.
Photo courtesy of Blue House
Opinion poll data rebounds
According to the poll results released by South Korea's Gallup on the 6th of this month, Moon Jae-in's positive rating rebounded to 45%, making him the first president in South Korea to still receive more than 30% positive reviews at the end of his term.
But Yonhap News Agency called the data "extremely ironic."
A poll released by South Korea's "Journal of Jiji" on April 1 this year showed that 40% of the respondents praised Moon Jae-in's fifth-year governance performance, the highest among previous presidents in the same period.
The top reason for support was "well-managed diplomacy/international relations" (19%).
The proportion of respondents who believed that Moon Jae-in "responded to the new crown epidemic in a timely manner" and "the country was peaceful and stable during his tenure" were 13% and 8% respectively.
Among the reasons for the negative evaluation, 20% of the respondents chose "the real estate policy is not popular with the people", 14% "does not cooperate with the work of the new government and the president-elect", and 8% "the measures against the new crown epidemic are far from enough".
In addition, the Blue House recently opened the "Moon Jae-in Administration National Report" webpage to receive public comments on various government policies.
Among the more than 150,000 participants, 48% believe that the "52-hour workweek" in the field of labor policy is the most popular.
In the economic and industrial field, 48% of the respondents agreed that the Moon Jae-in government "strengthen the independent control of materials, parts and technical equipment, and reduced dependence on Japan."
The respondents who supported "improving the international competitiveness of semiconductor, automobile and other industries" and "cultivating three new industries such as future automobiles, bio-health and semiconductors" accounted for 27% and 11% respectively.
Push for the peace process on the peninsula
Among the policies Moon Jae-in has implemented during his five-year tenure, his efforts to advance the peace process on the peninsula have drawn particular attention.
When running for president, Moon Jae-in once said that if the North Korean nuclear issue can be resolved, he is willing to go anywhere and meet anyone.
During his five-year term, Moon Jae-in has indeed worked hard to deliver on his promises.
In February 2018, North Korea participated in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, and the South and North Korea formed a joint team.
That same year, Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met three times in total, pledging to build peaceful, reconciled and prosperous inter-Korean relations and ease military tensions.
On June 30, 2019, the then US President Trump, who was on a state visit to South Korea, accompanied by Moon Jae-in and his party, shook hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Panmunjom. This is also the meeting between Kim Jong-un and Trump following Singapore. The third meeting after the meeting with Hanoi.
Even at the end of his term, the Moon Jae-in administration is still promoting the peace process on the Korean peninsula and the development of inter-Korean relations.
In September last year, Moon Jae-in delivered a keynote speech at the United Nations General Assembly and again proposed that all parties concerned issue an end-of-war declaration.
However, under the severe and complex security situation, the proposal has not been responded to by all parties.
Yonhap News Agency recently published an article evaluating the Moon Jae-in government's peninsula peace process, saying it was "high-profile implementation but lacks stamina."
In his resignation speech on the 9th, Moon Jae-in also mentioned the relationship between South Korea and North Korea. He said that the South Korean people have jointly watered the hope of ushering in a peaceful, prosperous and new era of the peninsula.
Peace is a necessary condition for survival and prosperity, and it is fervently hoped that the ROK and the DPRK will resume dialogue and continue their efforts to promote the denuclearization of the peninsula and the institutionalization of peace.
The real estate problem has become the biggest regret of the tenure
In terms of internal affairs, the real estate, employment and epidemic prevention policies promulgated and implemented by Moon Jae-in during his tenure have also been criticized by the public, as shown in the polls.
KBS TV concluded, "In the past few years, Moon Jae-in's position has changed from self-confidence to reflection, and then to clarification on real estate issues." Moon Jae-in also admitted frankly when he participated in the recording of a Korean media program in November last year, the biggest regret during his tenure failed to control the price.
At the beginning of taking office, Moon Jae-in launched the so-called "strictest housing price control policy", and actively activated the economy from three aspects: restricting loans, increasing property taxes, and increasing housing supply.
However, Korean media pointed out that the private registration leasing business system implemented by Moon Jae-in has become a way to avoid taxes and has also become a major reason for the rise in Korean house prices.
The Chosun Ilbo also said that Moon Jae-in’s real estate policy focused on “suppressing speculation” instead stimulated demand, intensified panic buying, and caused housing prices to soar. Then it got more serious.
At the same time, the Moon Jae-in government's handling of epidemic prevention has also been controversial. From the initial strict control of the epidemic, to "coexistence with the epidemic" in the mid-term, and then to tightening epidemic prevention, until March this year, the South Korean government began to The response system to contain confirmed cases shifts to a day-to-day system that minimizes critical illness and deaths.
KBS TV commented that the public has mixed praise and criticism for the Moon Jae-in government’s measures to deal with the new crown epidemic. Some people praised the “K epidemic prevention”, which is very representative in the world, while others criticized it for ignoring compensation for self-employed entrepreneurs. .
Now, Moon Jae-in's five-year time at the Blue House is coming to an end.
Talking about the plan after leaving office, Moon Jae-in once said, "If you don't make a plan, it is a plan." "I once said that I want to live a forgotten life, but this does not mean to live in seclusion, but not to participate in politics, to be a common citizen. I live with my identity.” Wen Zaiyin also said that he would go to the nearby Tongdu Temple, to climb mountains in the Lingnan Alps, to farm, to raise dogs, cats, and chickens.
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