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North Korea's Strategic Nuclear Forces On July 3, 2016, North Korea will mark its first ever Strategic Forces Day. Following the fourth nuclear test that took place earlier this year, North Korea recently carried out successful tests of a medium-range ...
... congress in 36 years came as a sensation. The announcement itself was made shortly after the lavishly celebrated 70th anniversary of the Party’s founding. For several months, experts vied with each other in making forecasts and surmises as to why the North Korean leadership had deemed it necessary to revive the tradition of Party congresses, considering that during the reign of the current leader Kim Jong-il’s father even Plenary Sessions of the Central Committee were hardly ever held. Indeed,...
On February 29, 2016 RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov had a meeting with Republic of Korea Ambassador to Russia Park Ro-byug. The discussion focused on the problems of decreasing security risks and of enhancing stability on the Korean Peninsula, on the search for effective ways to overcome the current crisis in relations between the ROK and the DPRK. The sides also explored the issues of using international sanctions to improve the situation on the Peninsula, as well as of cooperation between...
Could the Korean Crisis turn into a Military Crisis? The latest flare up on the Korean peninsula has attracted the world’s attention to a region that is of great interest to Russia. North Korea and the United States are worlds apart, while Russia and Korea are separated by a single river. And the recent nuclear tests carried out by North Korea, as well as the planned missile launches, must surely have raised eyebrows in Moscow. All ...
... Jong-un’s regime; the unanimous condemnation of Pyongyang for the provocative act and subsequent calls for punishment; doubts as to whether the tested device was really a thermonuclear one; and, finally, a fear of conflict escalation and worry that the North Korean regime threatened security and could unleash a war. The North Koreans’ motives It's hard to argue with the fact that this fourth test in a row has had a serious destabilizing effect. However, the North Koreans have followed a model ...
... highest honorary title of the Soviet Union – Hero of the Soviet Union; V.N. Leonov became a Double Hero of the Soviet Union. More than 15,000 soldiers, officers and generals were awarded orders and medals of the USSR. In 1948, when the Soviet army left North Korea, North Korea established a medal “For the liberation of Korea,” which was awarded to all participants in the country’s liberation. 115 Soviet generals and officers have received the highest awards of the DPRK. The Korean people felt ...
Working Paper 25/2015 In 2015 Russia and South Korea celebrate the 25th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations. Much has been accomplished, but significant potential for collaboration in Northeast Asia to address new and traditional threats remains untapped. In this analytical paper experts of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Institute for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies ( IREEES ), Seoul National University (SNU) offer their vision of a comprehensive...
... Korean Peninsula, the Republic of Korea Armed Forces will fall under his command. The military standoff between North and South Korea is the main threat to security in Southeast Asia. And this threat has only intensified in recent times as a result of North Korea’s active interest in developing its nuclear weapons programme. For many years both Pyongyang and Seoul have talked about the possibility of reunifying Korea. These statements, however, have never been anything more than pure propaganda ...
On April 20, 2015, South Korean Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo was forced to resign amid a corruption scandal. While corruption is part and parcel of political life in South Korea, this latest resignation differs somewhat from previous ones. It should be noted that the role of prime minister in the South Korean political system is not especially significant. As head of the government structures, the position involves performing administrative and technical functions and coordinating economic processes...
... second meeting with RIAC’s members and experts. Their first discussion took place on June 17, 2014. The Russian team included RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov, former Russian Ambassador to South Korea Gleb Ivashentsov, former Russian Ambassador to North Korea Valery Sukhinin and Alexander Zhebin, Head of the Center for Korean Studies at RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies. The debate focused on the inter-Korean relations, security and nonproliferation in the Korean Peninsula, approaches of great ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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