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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

No DPRK nuclear test yet

North Korea has conducted a total of six nuclear tests since 2006 and a seventh is believed to be just around the corner - in 2022, Western experts have named seven or eight dates on which Kim Jong-un will definitely detonate a nuclear bomb. In late October, US Department of State Spokesman Ned Price, ROK President Yoon Suk-yeol, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and US National Security...

Konstantin Asmolov

The Itaewon tragedy, a possible step towards national unity or a “Sewol” for Yoon Suk-yeol?

On October 30, 2022, a deadly stampede in Seoul's Itaewon district tragically killed more than 150 people and left 150 others with various degrees of injuries. The stampede was the worst tragedy in South Korea since the Sewol ferry crash in 2014, which killed 304 people.It should be noted right away that the Itaewon district...

Konstantin Asmolov

Relations between the USA and North Korea in the second half of 2022

When considering the increase in tensions in the Korean Peninsula in autumn 2022 - an issue the present author has dedicated several articles to - it is worth looking at how relations...

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Are North and South Korea rushing blindly towards the danger line?

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Moon Jae-in is still under attack

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The ring around Lee Jae-myung shrinks

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Is Lee Jae-myung heading for the premiership or for prison?

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Exchange of fire in the Yellow Sea

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