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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

Latest Phase of the Trade War between Japan and South Korea

The author has reported, on more than one occasion, that over the course of the history-related dispute between Japan and South Korea, the issue of comfort women is being gradually replaced with that of forced labor. In fact, its victims are trying to receive as much compensation from Japan as possible via legal action. And decisions made by South Korean courts on the issue...

Konstantin Asmolov

In Whose Path did Park Won-soon Stand?

On the night of July 10, 2020, the body of the 64-year-old mayor of Seoul, Park Won-soon, who had taken his own life, was found in the woods of Mount Bugak in northern Seoul. The liberal politician and human rights activist, Park Won-soon, was a member of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea. He first became mayor of the capital in 2011 and was...

Konstantin Asmolov

Scandal between South Korea and New Zealand over Alleged Sexual Assault

On July 28, 2020, South Korean President Moon Jae-in held talks over the phone with New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. According to official reports, the South Korean leader requested New Zealand’s support for South Korea’s candidate running to be the World Trade Organization’s next director-general — Trade Minister...

Konstantin Asmolov

Is the Coronavirus in North Korea, and if so, How?

Konstantin Asmolov

The Latest on Japanese Territorial Claim Conflicts

Konstantin Asmolov

A Dangerous Precedent Set in South Korea

Konstantin Asmolov

What Stephen Biegun was Doing in Seoul

Konstantin Asmolov

A Chronicle of Inciting Hatred

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