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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

Lee Myung-bak is Heading to Prison

On October 29, 2020 the Supreme Court of South Korea upheld the ruling delivered by a lower court against the country’s former president, Lee Myung-bak. It is worth noting the timeline of events. In April 2018, the 78-year-old Lee Myung-bak, who served as president of South Korea from 2008 to 2013, was charged on 16 counts, including corporate...

Konstantin Asmolov

Fighting Against Privilege: the Version Given by Moon Jae-in

One of the trends in South Korean ideology since Moon Jae-in arrived is the affirmation that Korean history is not the history of the movement for democratization, but also the continuation of the history of the struggle for independence, in the context of which the noble descendants and followers of Korean patriots who battled for independence against...

Konstantin Asmolov

What is Wrong with the Wolseong-1 Reactor?

This author has written more than once about how South Korean President Moon Jae-in struggles with his nuclear power industry and its consequences. Today’s article will tackle how this is done, and in this regard, another political scandal that has occurred in South Korea? It concerns the Wolseong-1 nuclear reactor with a capacity of 679 megawatts (which is about...

Konstantin Asmolov

North Korean Hackers or Not?

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Development of North Korea’s Missile Program and Prospects for New Tests

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The “Statues of Peace”: Remembrance or Incitement?

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Surprise in October, or What We Saw at the Military Parade in Pyongyang

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Grandmother Business: the Scandal is Flaring Up

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