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Konstantin Asmolov

Awaiting New DPRK Satellites and New Sanctions

Events have taken a new turn since the last report on the development of the DPRK’s missile program, focusing on the launch of two supposedly medium-range missiles. In addition to US and South Korean calls to “cease missile provocations and come to the negotiating table,” there have been clear signs of escalation. On March 7, International Atomic Energy...

Konstantin Asmolov

Is This the End of the Ministry of Gender Equality?

On March 13, 2022 the South Korean president elect, Yoon Suk-yeol, announced to journalists that the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family had outlived its usefulness and that another more effective state structure is to be created in order to resolve the problem of gender equality. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family (or, more literally, the Ministry...

Konstantin Asmolov

Concerning an Assassination Attempt on Song Young-gil

On March 7, 2022, on the eve of the presidential elections in South Korea, the leader of the Democratic Party, Song Young-gil, was campaigning in Seoul’s Sinchon district and became the victim of an assassination attempt. The attacker approached him from behind and hit him on the head several times with a hammer wrapped in a black plastic bag. The extremist, who was later...

Konstantin Asmolov

Elections in South Korea - Who Voted for Whom, and Why did Yoon Win?

Konstantin Asmolov

Shamanism and Politics in South Korea

Konstantin Asmolov

Waiting for DPRK’s New Satellite

Konstantin Asmolov

On the Ethics of Preemptive Strikes

Konstantin Asmolov

A Chronicle of the Pre-election Race in ROK: Ahn Cheol-soo’s Game.

Konstantin Asmolov

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