Konstantin Asmolov
Have they Managed to Settle a Sex Scandal between South Korean and New Zealand?
In August 2020, we wrote about a sex scandal involving a high-ranking South Korean diplomat - one that forced him to become the topic of conversation among the country’s top officials: On February 28, 2020, a New Zealand court issued an arrest warrant for a South Korean diplomat named Kim on charges of indecent...
“A Beam in the Eye” of South Korea’s Foreign Minister Escapes Her Attention
On December 5, 2020, during the IISS Manama Dialogue (a security summit held in Bahrain, South Korea’s Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said that her government had “offered help to North Korea” but had so far received no response. She also added that it was hard to believe Pyongyang’s claims about not having any COVID-19...
The Fuss inside the South Korean Conservative Party
Previously, we reported on how the new interim leader of the Conservative Party, Kim Chong-in, is trying to restore the influence of his party, and move away from its old framework. However, today there is still a lack of unity in this game, largely due to a series of moves that the author considers strange. Initially, the party’s image changed by attracting young blood...
