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| President Moon Jae-in gives Yoon Suk-yeol a letter of appointment as new prosecutor general, July 25, 2019. Yoon Suk-yeol was elected as the new President of Korea early Thursday morning. Yonhap |
President Moon Jae-in congratulated President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol on winning the presidential election in a telephone conversation Thursday.
During the conversation, Moon and Yoon are also said to have discussed ways to have a smooth transition of power.
Moon's chief of staff You Young-min is scheduled to send orchids of congratulation to Yoon later in the day.
Yoon, a conservative former top prosecutor, was elected South Korea's next president earlier in the day after a tight race that underlined deep divisions along regional, generational and gender lines. (Yonhap)
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