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RIAC Experts Meet Representatives of Seoul National University

On November 7, 2014, Russian International Affairs Council hosted a delegation of Seoul National University to hold an expert meeting on Russian-South Korean relations and security in Northeast Asia. The South Korean team included Professor Beom Shik Shin of Seoul National University, Senior Researcher of Institute for National Security Studies Ton Chow Soo, Professor Won Yon Son of Incheon National ...

10.11.2014

RIAC Holds Second Gathering on Korea Project

... Suslina, and Head of Regional Projects at Russkiy Mir Foundation and Executive Director of National Committee for BRICS Studies Georgy Toloraya. The participants exchanged opinions on project's intermediate results, as well as key aspects of Russia-South Korea relations and Northeast Asia security.

30.10.2014

Kim Jong-un, the Mystery Man

... Pyongyang does not recognize the border, and the two countries’ ships patrolling their portions of the Yellow Sea regularly confront each other. This time, a North Korean patrol boat violated the NLL and went up to 900 meters into ROK waters. The South Korean missile boat demanded that the perpetrator leave the waters and gave several warning shots. The North Korean vessel returned fire, and the South Korean ship followed suit, after which the North Korean boat retreated. Explaining the incident,...

20.10.2014

RIAC Expands Russia-Korea Relations Project

... Russkiy Mir Foundation, Executive Director of National Committee for BRICS Studies; and RIAC Program Manager Lyudmila Filippova. The participants discussed the preliminary work plan and elaborated a number of proposals within the project "Russian-South Korean Relations and Security in Northeast Asia" intended for implementation jointly with the Institute of Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Seoul National University.

11.09.2014

RIAC’s Project on Russia-Korea Relations Advanced in Seoul

... development of joint energy projects. Ambassador Ivashentsov also delivered a lecture on international reverberations of Ukraine crisis at the IREEES. RIAC will continue elaboration of advice aimed to promote Russia’s interests vis-à-vis South Korea.

18.08.2014

South Korean Ambassador at RIAC

... Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Gleb Ivashentsov and Program Assistant Ilya Ivanov received Wi Son Lak, Ambassador of Republic of Korea in Moscow, and Embassy Counselor Kang Dae-Su. The sides focused on RIAC's studies on relations between Russia and South Korea, and broader research of security and stability in Northeast Asia. Mr. Wi Son Lak highly praised these efforts and confirmed his intention to further the analysis of the bilateral dialogue and regional situation. Discussing the broad-spectrum ...

14.07.2014

Roundtable on Russia-Korea Regional Security Cooperation

... "Cooperation of Russia and the Republic of Korea on Regional Security" with the participation of Russian Asia-Pacific experts, among them Alexander Panov, Gleb Ivashentsov and Valery Sukhinin, all of them former ambassadors in these countries. The South Korean side was represented by the pundits from the Korea Institute of Defense Analyses . The participants focused on key aspects of Russia-Korea security cooperation and military-technical partnership, with most of the time given to China's military ...

27.06.2014

RIAC Representatives Meets South Korean Diplomats

On June 17, 2014 in Moscow, RIAC members and experts, among them RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov, Alexander Panov, former deputy foreign minister, Gleb Ivashentsov, former ambassador to South Korea and Valery Sukhinin, former ambassador to North Korea met Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs for the Republic of Korea Ambassador Hwang Joon-kook, Deputy Director of Bureau for North Korea Nuclear Issues ...

18.06.2014

The Korean Peninsula: Threats and Opportunities

Interview with Alexander Vorontsov Interview While the situation around the People’s Republic of North Korea remains in a state of stalemate, South Korea has become one of the most rapidly growing centres in Asia which cooperates with Russia. The uncertain future of Pyongyang’s nuclear programme and its economic relations with South Korea have been increasingly in the focus of attention ...

20.05.2014

South Korean Navy and Worthy Descendants of Yi Sun-shin

... current Republic of Korea’s navy is fairly young. The Association of Naval Affairs of Korea was established on 11 November 1945, with Sohn Won Il at the head. This entity became the Korean Coastal Guard and subsequently, on 15 August 1948, the South Korean Navy. Sohn Won Il became the first ever Chief of Staff of the Navy. However, the first Korean fleet was capable only of providing for the country's coastal defence. It had two second-hand, 1,500-ton US patrol frigates with a total strength ...

07.05.2014
 

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