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A Chronicle of the Pre-election Race in ROK: Ahn Cheol-soo’s Game.

For only so long, the author did not pay attention to the third candidate, but now the time is ripe to talk about Ahn Cheol-soo. This is already the third election that this 59-year-old former doctor and software entrepreneur takes part in. In 2012, he ran for president as an independent candidate but dropped out of the race less than...

Konstantin Asmolov

A Chronicle of the Pre-election Race in ROK: Lee Jae-myung’s Family Problems

As the author has written many times, the 2021-22 election race in South Korea is breaking records in terms of the amount of mud slung at both candidates, and clearly whoever saves the tastiest stuff for last has a better chance of success. It seemed that the scandals surrounding Yoon Seok-yeol’s wife drew attention to the Conservative candidate...

Konstantin Asmolov

Olympic Hanbok Scandal, or Two Types of Nationalism

In his previous material about the tricky relations between China and South Korea this author already mentioned how a demonstration of the traditional Korean clothes was viewed in South Korea. However, this is worth telling in greater detail as this story illustrates the conceptual difference between the two countries’ national policies. So, South Koreans took offence...

Konstantin Asmolov

Two Sentences and One Charge

Konstantin Asmolov

A Chronicle of the Pre-election Race in ROK: Yoon Suk-yeol’s Dirty Laundry

Konstantin Asmolov

President Moon and the Beijing Olympics

Konstantin Asmolov

A Chronicle of the Pre-election Race in ROK: Yoon Suk-yeol’s Affairs

Konstantin Asmolov

A Chronicle of the Pre-election Race in ROK: Lee Jae-myung’s Entanglements

Konstantin Asmolov

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