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Will Moon Jae-in be Successful in his Attempts to Reform the Public Prosecution Service?

On June 27, 2022, South Korea’s Ministry of Justice appealed to the Constitutional Court against the new laws aimed at reforming and, in time, ending the Prosecution Service’s authority to investigate crimes. The Ministry believes that these laws are unconstitutional. This is the latest round in a political struggle which reached its height...

Konstantin Asmolov

Yoon Seok-yeol at the NATO Summit

One June 29-30, 2022, a NATO summit was held in Madrid that was attended for the first time by the President of South Korea Yoon Seok-yeol. South Korea is not a member of the military alliance, but was invited as a partner country along with Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. For Yoon, this was his first foreign trip as president - a sort of public outing and an...

Konstantin Asmolov

Truckers’ Strike in South Korea and Its Consequences

The first months of Yoon Suk-yeol’s rule were marked by an impressive action of workers. Starting from June 7, the Cargo Truckers Solidarity trade union declared a general strike demanding freight rate increase and other support measures to cope with the drastic fuel prices growth. Increasing oil prices due to the Ukrainian crisis entailed growing freight carriage...

Konstantin Asmolov

The End of the “Blue House” and the Beginning of the “Yongsan Era”

Konstantin Asmolov

South Korea becomes 7th Full-fledged Space Power

Konstantin Asmolov

Is the Ghost of a Murdered Official Stalking the Former President of the ROK?

Konstantin Asmolov

Moon Jae-in's Under Siege

Konstantin Asmolov

On Lee Jun-seok’s Visit to Ukraine.

Konstantin Asmolov

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