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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

South Korean “Case of the Killer Fishermen”: Legal Aspects

This is not the author’s first publication on the infamous scandal in South Korea. In 2019, two North Korean fishermen were detained near the maritime border in the East Sea. They confessed to the murder of 16 of their comrades who were in the same boat, and expressed a desire to stay in the ROK. However, the government considered them criminals and decided...

Konstantin Asmolov

Welcome to Video - the Fight against Child Pornography in South Korea

In March 2018 a joint task force of law enforcement officers from the USA, UK and South Korea took down Welcome to Video, a South Korean-based child pornography website hosted on the darknet. The seizure of the site was the result of one of the largest operations against child pornography ever launched. According to...

Konstantin Asmolov

ROK and the US – Words and Facts

After the text about the President of the ROK at the NATO summit was published, part of the audience questioned whether the ROK, despite its loyalist statements, was in fact in no particular hurry to do Washington’s bidding. This question is best answered by a combination of words and facts. The joint statement of the ROK and US leaders had three parts, but the common...

Konstantin Asmolov

“Return of the Killer Fishermen”: Two More Ghosts are Coming for Moon Jae-in

Konstantin Asmolov

Republic of Korea and the Death of Shinzo Abe

Konstantin Asmolov

“President Moon, Where Were You for Six Hours?”

Konstantin Asmolov

DPRK Recognizes Donetsk and Lugansk

Konstantin Asmolov

Lee Jun-seok Under Attack

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