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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

On the Latest inter-Korean Escalation amid New Joint Military Exercises

Before the end of 2022 and especially before the beginning of autumn, the author expects a seasonal rise in tension on the Korean peninsula due to large-scale US and South Korean military exercises. From August 22 to 25, 2022, the 54th nation-wide Ulchi exercise will be held in the ROK. The Ministry of Security...

Konstantin Asmolov

Lee Myung-bak’s Ordeals

On August 12, 2022, President Yoon Suk-yeol approved a list of those subject to a special amnesty on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of the liberation of Korea from Japanese colonial rule. It comprises 1,693 people, including major businessmen. They include Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong, who was previously released from prison on parole, Lotte Group...

Konstantin Asmolov

ROK Police against Yoon Suk-yeol

The last years of Moon Jae-in’s reign were remembered for the war of the prosecutor’s office and the Ministry of Justice, which resulted in the election of the former Prosecutor General by the president. But it seems that during the reign of Yoon Suk-yeol, we can observe a confrontation between the presidential administration, the Ministry of Security...

Konstantin Asmolov

On Nancy Pelosi’s Visit to South Korea

Konstantin Asmolov

In Wait for the Seventh Nuclear Test of the DPRK

Konstantin Asmolov

Kim Jong-un’s Military Rhetoric

Konstantin Asmolov

Sex and Violence in the South Korean Army – Investigations are Ongoing

Konstantin Asmolov

What Dropped Yoon Suk-yeol’s Rating?

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