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Is Lee Jae-myung doing a 180?

Is Lee Jae-myung doing a 180?
17.02.2025 40

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Konstantin Asmolov

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula remain high

12.02.2025 10

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Konstantin Asmolov

Is North Korea a nuclear state?

Is North Korea a nuclear state?
04.02.2025 10

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Konstantin Asmolov

DPRK’s first ballistic missile in 2025

28.01.2025 10

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Konstantin Asmolov

Yoon Suk-yeol in Custody

21.01.2025 10

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Konstantin Asmolov

DPRK remains on the list of state sponsors of terrorism

18.01.2025 30

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December Plenary Meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea

15.01.2025 20

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Impeachment After Impeachment: South Korea's Constitutional Crisis Continues

10.01.2025 20

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Konstantin Asmolov

Washington and Seoul have agreed on the costs for the deployment of US troops on the Korean Peninsula

After eight rounds of negotiations over the past five months, South Korea has agreed with the United States to increase its share in the expenses...

06.01.2025 30

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Konstantin Asmolov

China-North Korea Relations: Is Beijing Truly Dissatisfied with Moscow-Pyongyang Rapprochement?

In our previous analysis, we examined the relationship between China and North Korea in a positive light. However, it is essential to address the...

02.01.2025 3

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China-South Korea Relations in 2024. Part 4

The concluding text on Sino-South Korean relations will focus on the challenges in cultural interactions, where even pandas can spark outrage....

25.12.2024 5

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Relations between China and South Korea in 2024 Part Three: Spy scandals and fears concerning the diaspora.

Continuing the story of relations between Seoul and Beijing, we shall here discuss the high-profile spy scandals of 2024, which were not limited to...

17.12.2024 5

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Konstantin Asmolov

The Visit of the Russian Defence Minister to the DPRK

On 29 November 2024, Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov arrived in North Korea for the second visit in five months. Official Programme of the...

12.12.2024 4

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Konstantin Asmolov

Unsuccessful Visit of Ukraine's Defence Minister to South Korea

Direct arms supplies from South Korea to Kyiv are a red line for Moscow, something Seoul is fully aware of. For this reason, despite pressure from...

10.12.2024 4

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Konstantin Asmolov

Relations between China and South Korea in 2024 Part 2: The Taiwan Issue

South Korea’s position on Taiwan clearly illustrates Seoul’s course of trying to maintain as much freedom of action as possible in dealing with...

07.12.2024 5

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Konstantin Asmolov

Martial Law for Five Hours: A Live Broadcast of Political Suicide

On the night of 3 to 4 December 2024, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol imposed a state of emergency and martial law across the country....

05.12.2024 5

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Konstantin Asmolov

Relations between China and South Korea in 2024. Part 1: The Official Side

Amid the rapprochement between Russia and the DPRK, expectations are growing in South Korea that the relative cooling in relations between Seoul...

28.11.2024 5

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First launch of the Hwaseong-19

On October 31, the DPRK conducted its first test launch this year of a new ICBM, the Hwaseong-19 The last launch of several short-range ballistic...

20.11.2024 3

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Konstantin Asmolov

Visit to Russia by DPRK Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui

In connection with the strengthening of the Strategic Dialog between the Russian Federation and the DPRK, as agreed by the leaders of the two...

15.11.2024 3

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Konstantin Asmolov

North Korea cuts the routes leading to the South

In October 2024, the DPRK’s defensive activity in the border zone with South Korea was visibly completed. The possibility of road and rail...

10.11.2024 3

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Konstantin Asmolov

One foot over the danger line: drones over Pyongyang

Recently the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of China and Modern Asia published a forecast, to which the present author contributed , which...

04.11.2024 3

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About the session of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the DPRK

On October 7 and 8, the eleventh session of the Fourteenth Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea took place in the...

02.11.2024 4

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Konstantin Asmolov

The case of Telegram: A Korean dimension

The arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov not only has a Russian or Western dimension, but a South Korean one as well, which will influence the...

29.10.2024 3

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Konstantin Asmolov

On ratification of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty between the Russian Federation and North Korea

The State Duma of the Russian Federation ratified the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea...

26.10.2024 2

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Konstantin Asmolov

Ukrainian misinformation about North Korean soldiers in the SMO

The fake story about mass supplies of North Korean shells to the Russian Federation is being replaced by a new wave of fake news that soldiers of...

24.10.2024 3

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Konstantin Asmolov

What do South Korea expect from Japan’s new prime minister?

On October 1, former Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan Shigeru Ishiba was appointed as the 102nd Prime Minister of Japan....

19.10.2024 2

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Notes on internal politics in South Korea. Part Two: how things are going with the Conservatives

Continuing with our series on the state of domestic politics in South Korea following the April 10 elections let us talk about what has been...

16.10.2024 2

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A small but important step

Russia has criticized the resolution adopted at the 68th session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which...

10.10.2024 2

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Konstantin Asmolov

On the rumors of preparations for martial law in South Korea

A South Korean opposition leader has publicly claimed that the government is preparing to impose martial law and then stage a coup...

03.10.2024 3

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Is the DPRK preparing for nuclear war?

7 years ago, the DPRK joined the “nuclear club,” and since then, it has been demonized as a threat to the world which seeks to start a nuclear...

28.09.2024 6

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Notes on internal politics in South Korea. Part one: how things are going with the Democrats

After South Korea’s parliamentary elections, held six months ago, both the Democrats and the Conservatives “strengthened their ranks” and, still...

17.09.2024 4

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The exercises are over, what next?

August 29, 2024, the Republic of Korea and the United States completed the annual joint Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises , which took place over 11...

14.09.2024 6

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Spy scandal in South Korea Part 3. Industrial espionage

After the publication of an article about a scandal involving South Korea’s military intelligence authority readers have requested an article on...

10.09.2024 4

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Konstantin Asmolov

On the start of Ulchi Freedom Shield

On August 19, the armed forces of the Republic of Korea and the United States began conducting joint exercises (Ulchi Freedom Shield), aimed at “...

06.09.2024 2

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Konstantin Asmolov

Spy scandal in South Korea Part 2. The exposure of an ex-CIA operative working for South Korea’s National Intelligence Service

In South Korea the summer of 2024 has been marked by a series of spy scandals, which vividly illustrate a number of the country’s domestic and...

02.09.2024 6

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Konstantin Asmolov

Spy scandal in South Korea Part 1. The case of the leak of classified data from South Korea’s military intelligence service

In South Korea the summer of 2024 has been marked by a series of spy scandals, which vividly illustrate a number of the country’s domestic and...

30.08.2024 5

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Konstantin Asmolov

The domestic political situation in South Korea: What controversial moves has the President made and what was the reason for such a decision?

The domestic political situation in the ROK is not easy at the moment. In August 2024, the President of the Republic made two rather controversial...

26.08.2024 6

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Konstantin Asmolov

Another 250 rocket launchers!

We have written many times before about how North Korea is increasing its military capabilities. This process is going on all the time, but today...

18.08.2024 5

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Will Seoul cross Moscow’s red line?

On July 8, 2024, ahead of his visit to the US, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol gave an interview to Reuters, which caused some tension in the...

12.08.2024 2

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Konstantin Asmolov

Further cooling of relations between Moscow and Seoul

The conclusion of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty caused some turbulence in relations between Moscow and Seoul, and now, despite...

07.08.2024 3

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Konstantin Asmolov

On the Summer Plenum of the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea

From June 28 to July 1, 2024, the DPRK held “extended session of the 10th Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of...

26.07.2024 1

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Konstantin Asmolov

The satellite race on the Korean Peninsula: a failed launch by the North

The space race between North and South Korea continues. Since the launch of its first spy satellite, Pyongyang has managed to produce a second one....

21.07.2024 2

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Konstantin Asmolov

Possible consequences and prospects of Vladimir Putin’s visit to DPRK

The consequences of the visit of the Russian leader to North Korea and the documents signed there are so significant that they can propel the trend...

12.07.2024 1

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