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The latest report by South Korea’s Unification Ministry - a serious analysis or fake news?

It will soon be 10 years since the publication of South Korea’s review of the state of human rights in the DPRK, which, thanks to its uncritical treatment of sources, turned out to be “much ado about not very much”. 10 years later, on February 6, 2024, South Korea’s Ministry for Unification presented what it considered to be a serious report, Perceptions of the Current Socioeconomic Situation in the DPRK, based on the results of an analysis of surveys of 6,531 defectors who left the DPRK between 2013 and 2022…

Konstantin Asmolov

Stockholm—Ankara: “Kurdish coin” for NATO membership...

Sweden, like Germany and Great Britain, has a large Kurdish community (about 100-150 thousand people). As is known, the formation of the Kurdish diaspora in this Scandinavian country began in the 1970s and further migration flows intensified in the 1980s-1990s and 2000s due to the fighting and repression in Turkey, as well as the occupation of Iraq. The Kurdish diaspora is quite politically active and well-integrated in Sweden, and is represented by six members in the local parliament…

Alexandr Svaranc

Central Asia and Afghanistan: New routes and economic opportunities for the region

In 2023, Afghanistan experienced a limited return to economic growth and infrastructure development after several years of severing most existing ties. During the year, several significant international events occurred in Central Asia, resulting in increased global attention to the region, and a number of projects of Eurasian scale were initiated. At the end of 2023, it appears that there is a long-term interest from Afghanistan in participating in these projects…

Boris Kushhov

Cuba and South Korea have restored diplomatic relations

Konstantin Asmolov

Turkey and Russia: the future for bank payments...

Alexandr Svaranc

The Year of Regional Development — a new focus in Mongolia’s domestic policy

Boris Kushhov

PRC at the Davos and Munich Forums

Vladimir Terehov

Tensions in relations between Moscow and Seoul

Konstantin Asmolov

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