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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 Protest Against US Ambassador

The developments linked to the dispute between Seoul and Washington about sharing defense costs became an indirect reason for the hype surrounding the US Ambassador to South Korea, Harry B. Harris. Some far left politicians even demanded that he be deemed persona non grata. Harry B. Harris was born in Japan. He became the first Asian American to head...

Konstantin Asmolov

North Korea (DPRK) is Upgrading its "Super-Large Multiple Rocket Launcher (MRL)"

On November 28, 2019, North Korea conducted a "thirteenth, anniversary, missile launch": a major multiple rocket launchers (MRL weapons test, when two large-caliber short-range projectiles were launched from its South Hamgyong province into the Sea of Japan. Yonhap News Agency later clarified...

Konstantin Asmolov

Seoul Chooses to Avoid Confrontation Over GSOMIA

On 23 November 2019, the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA between Japan and South Korea was due to expire, and right up until the last moment it was not clear whether Seoul would succumb to US pressure. The United States views the GSOMIA as part of its strategy aimed at consolidating the trilateral security alliance...

Konstantin Asmolov

Moon Jae-in’s Next Stage of Battle Against Oligarchs

Konstantin Asmolov

Inter-Korean Dialogue: Is It Possible to Repatriate Murderers without Becoming a Traitor?

Konstantin Asmolov

Will This Year's Vigilant Ace Mark the End of US-DPRK Dialogue?

Konstantin Asmolov

Ongoing GSOMIA-Related Issues between South Korea and Japan

Konstantin Asmolov

How to Privatize Airspace: the Example of KADIZ

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