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Can South Korea's Moon Jae-in escape presidential 'curse'?
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Mr Moon Jae-in with former US President Donald Trump at the White House on June 30, 2017.
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SEOUL - Call it the "curse" of the South Korean presidency. From jail to suicide, assassination, impeachment and exile, none of the previous South Korean presidents other than Nobel Peace Prize-winning Kim Dae-jung escaped a sorry end.
Would it be any different for outgoing President Moon Jae-in, considering that his successor Yoon Suk-yeol hails from the rival party and is likely to engage in "revenge politics"?
