Konstantin Asmolov
THAAD: Chinese Response and Talks at the Background of Impeachment
The end of 2016 was marked by a number of events related to the future deployment of THAAD missile defence systems in South Korea. The main thing is that, despite the claims by Seoul that the antimissile systems shall be...
DPRK Fighting Against Bureaucracy and Corruption
On December 23, 2016 at the opening of the First Conference of Chairpersons of the Primary Committees, the Chairman of the WPK Kim Jong-un delivered a speech, in which the author of this article has noted several important points...
News on South Korea’s Domestic Policy: the Saenuri Party Split
The breaking news at the end of last year concerned the split in the conservative wing. As a reminder, on December 20, 2016, former leader of the ruling Saenuri Party, Kim Moo-sung, and former leader of the parliamentary faction...