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What Dropped Yoon Suk-yeol’s Rating?

Less than a hundred days have passed since the enthronement of Yoon Suk-yeol, and his rating is rapidly falling. If in the first week of June it was 52.1%, then on June 22 the negative assessments of the president exceeded the positive ones, while as of July 25, 2022, the rating of Yoon Suk-yeol was 33.3%, and it was already 28% on July 29. Those who supported...

Konstantin Asmolov

South Korean “Case of the Killer Fishermen”: Legal Aspects

This is not the author’s first publication on the infamous scandal in South Korea. In 2019, two North Korean fishermen were detained near the maritime border in the East Sea. They confessed to the murder of 16 of their comrades who were in the same boat, and expressed a desire to stay in the ROK. However, the government considered them criminals and decided...

Konstantin Asmolov

Welcome to Video - the Fight against Child Pornography in South Korea

In March 2018 a joint task force of law enforcement officers from the USA, UK and South Korea took down Welcome to Video, a South Korean-based child pornography website hosted on the darknet. The seizure of the site was the result of one of the largest operations against child pornography ever launched. According to...

Konstantin Asmolov

ROK and the US – Words and Facts

Konstantin Asmolov

“Return of the Killer Fishermen”: Two More Ghosts are Coming for Moon Jae-in

Konstantin Asmolov

Republic of Korea and the Death of Shinzo Abe

Konstantin Asmolov

“President Moon, Where Were You for Six Hours?”

Konstantin Asmolov

Lee Jun-seok Under Attack

Konstantin Asmolov

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