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Konstantin Asmolov

PhD in History, leading research fellow at the Center for Korean Studies of the Institute of China and Modern Asia at the Russian Academy of Sciences

A chronicle of inter-Korean tensions in spring 2024. Part One: Actions of the South

The scale of regional tensions has eased somewhat since the end of the joint US-South Korean exercise on March 14, 2024. Both sides made bellicose statements, the South Koreans continued to conduct field training exercises both on their own and with the US, and the North Korean leadership occasionally launched missiles…

Konstantin Asmolov

Will Lee Jae-myung serve jail time under the new parliament?

As we have noted many times, in the run-up to the April 10, 2024, parliamentary elections, opposition leader Lee Jae-myung fought not only for the success of the Democratic Party of Korea, which he leads, but also for his personal freedom, as he is a defendant in several well-founded criminal cases. Lee emerged victorious, retaining the situation he occupied under the last parliament…

Konstantin Asmolov

A myth of anti-Pyongyang propaganda

We hear all kinds of horror stories about North Korea in the media. Many of the negative stories about the DPRK are myths and exaggerations that have nothing to do with reality. Over the course of a month or two, using reliable sources and personal impressions, the author had to refute a number of common elements of anti-North Korean propaganda based on a certain image of an “evil state”…

Konstantin Asmolov

Some comments on the detention of an American serviceman in Vladivostok

Konstantin Asmolov

South Korea- a concession?

Konstantin Asmolov

ROK After Parliamentary Elections

Konstantin Asmolov

South Korea’s 2024 Parliamentary Elections. It’s Not Over Yet...

Konstantin Asmolov

How South Korea celebrated the 105th Anniversary of the March First Independence Movement

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