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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

DPRK Missile Tests at the End of January 2022: the Moratorium Is Over

January 2022 has been rather busy in terms of missile launches by the DPRK, and following the meeting of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea held on January 20, the month became even more eventful after they had hinted at the possible discontinuation of the unilateral moratorium. On January...

Konstantin Asmolov

A Chronicle of the Pre-election Race in ROK: Lee Jae-myung’s Entanglements

With just a month or so until the presidential elections in South Korea, this bulletin in our series of “dispatches from the front” focuses on Lee Jae-myung, the candidate from the ruling Democratic Party. The partnership with Lee Nak-yon, and the changing of the guard at the electoral committee In order to avoid being associated...

Konstantin Asmolov

Cyberattack against the DPRK: Reasons for the January 2022 Escalation?

When talking about the reasons for the end of the North Korean moratorium, global media and most pundits have disregarded one factor that could have played a key role in the DPRK leadership’s decision. On January 14, 2022, NK News reported about North Korea’s disappearance from the Internet that lasted several hours...

Konstantin Asmolov

Is the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Beginning to Open Up?

Konstantin Asmolov

Is the End of DPRK Moratorium at Hand?

Konstantin Asmolov

North Korea’s Missile Tests of January 2022

Konstantin Asmolov

A Lesson in Source Studies or Did Kim Jong-il Really Invent Shawarma?

Konstantin Asmolov

What is Behind the “Persecution of K-pop” in China?

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