Konstantin Asmolov
The ring around Lee Jae-myung shrinks
On October 19, 2022, Kim Yong, vice president of the Institute for Democracy, who is considered one of Lee Jae-myung’s closest aides, was detained at the request of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office. His house was searched. Kim Yong is accused of accepting bribes, in violation of the Political Funds Act, in the course of a development project...
Is Lee Jae-myung heading for the premiership or for prison?
On August 28, 2022 the Democratic Party of Korea, currently the main opposition party in South Korea, elected Lee Jae-myung, a former presidential candidate, as its new Chairman. He obtained 77.77% of the votes. His victory means that he has the support of the largest faction in the Democratic Party and in a survey carried out by Gallup Korea at the beginning...
Exchange of fire in the Yellow Sea
On October 24, 2022 the armed forces of North and South Korea both announced that they had fired warning shots after a North Korean ship crossed the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the Yellow Sea, the de facto maritime border between the two countries. According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, a North Korean merchant vessel, the Mupho-ho crossed the NLL 27 km...
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