Moon Jae-in’s Nuclear Pledges Put to the Test

Making sweeping changes to South Korea’s national energy mix was never going to be easy. Before May’s presidential election, Moon Jae-in and his Minjoo Party promised strong measures to kickstart the move away from nuclear and coal energy. But now that they find themselves in power, will they be able to overcome resistance from South Korea’s notoriously entrenched energy interests and make good on their pledges? At lunchtime on Jun. 5, four environmental activists stood in front of the headqu