The highlight of Moon Jae-in’s first year as president has been the improvement in relations with North Korea. On the economic front, however, Moon has largely steered clear of the kind of controversial reforms South Korea needs to deal with its dreadful demographic situation and inflexible labour market. Unless this changes, the economy’s trend rate of growth is likely to continue to slow.
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