Konstantin Asmolov
Moon Jae-in's Speech at the UN General Assembly
As it was promised, we are going to take a closer look at the speech presented by South Korea's President Moon Jae-in in front of the UN General Assembly on September 24, 2019. The rationale behind this analysis is the fact that nothing can tell you more about a politician than his public speeches. It was widely assumed that the South Korean leader would...
DPRK’s October Missile Launch: End to Dialogue or Beginning of New Cycle?
On 2 October 2019, North Korea carried out yet another (11th since the start of the year missile launch, which has caused a much bigger uproar than the test firing of short-range missiles or of a “super-large” multiple rocket launcher (MLRS that we had reported on earlier this summer. First of all, (in the author...
Moon Jae-in’s Visit to United States in September 2019
From 22 to 26 September 2019, President of the Republic of Korea was in New York. His visit included speaking at the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly and participating in yet another U.S.-South Korea Summit (9th in two and a half years. Initially, ROK’s Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon was supposed to attend the U.N. General...
