The shortlist of candidates for TIME Magazine's 2018 Person of the Year is out,... and President Moon Jae-in in on it.<br />Since 1927,... the U.S. magazine has identified... the person and groups of people who, for better or worse, most influenced the world during the year.<br />Choi Si-young has this story.<br /><br />Unveiled on NBC's Today Show on Monday, TIME Magazine's shortlist has ten candidates in the running,... including South Korea's leader, Moon Jae-in.<br />The magazine cited President Moon's role in hosting the North Korean leader's sister at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics,... and the three historic inter-Korean summits held in 2018. <br />It added President Moon was the key player that help set up the landmark meeting in Singapore between Kim Jong-un and President Trump back in June.<br /><br />For three consecutive years since 2016, President Trump made TIME's list. <br />The magazine said President Trump "enacted controversial policies from separations at the border to a trade war with China and navigated crises involving both himself and his staff," one of which is the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.<br /><br />Robert Mueller, the man heading the Special Counsel investigating Russia's influence,... is also on the shortlist. <br />TIME Magazine notes how the probe led by the former FBI Director has already resulted in more than 191 criminal charges against 32 people and three companies.<br /><br />One of the international candidates is Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi.<br />A vocal critic of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, the journalist is believed to have been murdered on orders from the prince.<br />His death at a Saudi consulate in Istanbul prompted international outcry and criticism toward the Saudi regime.<br />Choi Si-young, Arirang News. <br />
