... Japan declares its readiness to fight on the side of the USA without weapons.
The USA’s second important objective aimed at building an effective security system in the Asia-Pacific region is to dampen down the worsening conflict between Japan and South Korea, since effective cooperation between these two countries is vitally important for the Americans. In years gone by the USA focused on bilateral security treaties, creating the so-called “umbrella spokes”, but now the time has come ...
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 ...
..., which makes it worthwhile to more closely examine the situation and analyze the recent developments that have led to the scandal resulting in the prime minister’s resignation.
Corruption has traditionally been considered a serious problem in South Korean society. However, the notion of corruption in ROK is understood much more widely than in Russia, and includes a complex system of informal relations to lure an official or a politician in order to enlist his help in the future through moral ...
On February 25, 2015, in Moscow, Ambassador Joon-kook Hwang, South Korean Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security, accompanied by staffers of South Korean Foreign Ministry and Embassy in Moscow, had his second meeting with RIAC’s members and experts. Their first discussion took place on ...
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 ...
... 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.
... 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,...
... 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.
... 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.
... 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 ...
