In view of the forthcoming official visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Seoul, RIAC Director General
Andrei Kortunov
and RIAC member
Alexander Panov
held consultations on the development of bilateral relations in the Administration of the President of the Republic of Korea. Counselor ...
On October 14, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov and RIAC member Alexander Panov, former Russia’s deputy foreign minister, met South Korean Ambassador to Moscow Wi Sung-lac to discuss the situation on the Korean Peninsula, President Putin’s forthcoming visit to Seoul, and opportunities for expansion of bilateral cooperation, including those for NGOs and independent think tanks....
... first stages of the space launch vehicles. Cho Guan-he reminded that the 2004
agreement stipulated decreases of payment
in case of technical failures of the launches.
Polar research
South Korea is intensively exploring Antarctica with the assistance of Russia.
South Korea is intensively exploring Antarctica with the assistance of Russia. A South Korean polar station has been set up there. Since January 2012, the second polar station has been under construction in the southeast corner of the ice continent, in ...
Russian-South Korean trade and economic relations
Compared to the Russian-South Korean trade recovery duringмthe beginning of the 19thcentury, current bilateral investment appears to be developing rather slowly and remains an extremely unbalanced area of cooperation ...
... underlined that currently it seems difficult to range countries by their influence due to growing number of factors that define the states' status. For example, despite major geoplitical advantages, Russia's foreign trade is twice less than that of South Korea.
Russian and Korean experts agreed that the two countries should work harder to develop their economic and commercial relations, with the stable flow of Korean capital to Russia's eastern areas serving both to strengthen the bilateral relationship and ...
... sharply increased its combative rhetoric, declaring a new state of war with South Korea and threatening its enemies with the thermonuclear catastrophe. Recently North Korea have toned down its verbal threats and indicated that it wants peace treaty with South Korea. In this interview Dr. Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute, who recently traveled to the region, offers his insights on the sudden change in North Korea’s behavior, policies of regional actors towards it and the role that Russia could play in resolving the tension on Korean Peninsula.
Interviewee
:
Richard Weitz
, Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis, Hudson Institute
Interviewer
:
Maria Prosviryakova
, Editor, Russian International Affairs Council
...
On May 13, RIAC hosted an expert meeting on Russia-South Korea relations moderated by Head of RIAC project “Russia and Republic of Korea: an Outlook for Bilateral Relations” and Director of the Russian APEC Study Center Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Gleb Ivashentsov and opened by RIAC ...
... Asia-Pacific energy markets are expanding. In South Korean connection, it is worth pointing out that from 2001 to 2011 its gas consumption increased more than twofold – from 20.8 to 46.6 billion cubic meters
[3]
. In future, gas deliveries from Russia to South Korea are likely to intensify owing to a short distance and a surge of instability systematically occurring in Middle East which accounts for approximately 44,5% of South Korean gas import. Simultaneously, Moscow hopes that a more active dialogue ...