South Korea
PRC-ROK Relations after the Election of Yoon Suk-yeol; the Political Aspect
We begin our digest of “PRC-ROK relations in the Yun Suk-yeol era” with interactions in the political sphere. On March 10, 2022, the Chinese government congratulated South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol on his election victory and expressed hope for further development of relations between the neighbors...
South Korea is Leaving behind the Dark Heritage of its Past
On October 17, 1972 Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea, masterminded a constitutional coup, which he called October Yusin, or the October Restoration. The Fourth Republic (1972-1980) is described in both Korean and Soviet/ Russian sources as a period of extreme totalitarian rule and the most dictatorial government in modern Korean history. The Yusin...
On Completion of the Ulchi Freedom Shield Exercises
On September 1, the ROK-US joint military exercises Ulchi Freedom Shield, about the preparation of which we wrote not long ago, came to an end. The exercises, based on the concept of total war, included three key elements: a computer simulation of the command post, a civil defense exercise and field training. More than a dozen field training activities...
