... "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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
... project by Russian leadership is a testament to its political importance, while the involvement of Russian oil and gas corporations has reiterated the project’s focus on offshore development.
As part of Vladimir Putin’s official visit to South Korea in November 2013, Rosneft, Gazprombank, Sovcomflot and DSME signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in establishing a shipbuilding cluster in the Far East. The parties agreed to jointly complete the new Zvezda shipyard and establish ...
On February 24, 2014 Seoul hosted an international conference on development of the Far East and cooperation between South Korea, China and Russia. The event was organized by Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade.
Russia was represented by RIAC Program Manager
Lyudmila Filippova
and
Anatoly Savchenko
, Assistant Director at the Institute of History, Archeology ...
Grouping of “Middle Powers”
Late September 2013 on the sidelines of 68th session of the UN General Assembly the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey and Australia held a meeting during which they reached an understanding to form a new informal negotiating network of “middle powers” – MIKTA. The five states considered that under the current architecture of global ...
How to Become a “Global Shipyard”
Shipbuilding in South Korea is one of the country's leading export industries. The country
leads the world
both in terms of production by tonnage and technologies of large-scale vessel and maritime equipment. These achievements have been the result of effective industrial ...
... achieving air superiority above land operations and delivering strikes at enemy ground targets. At the moment, the leading international powers facea challenge in these areas since they need to replace Cold War fighters with more modern machinery.
The South Korean Air Force has been recognized among the top ten air forces in the world, both in terms of the total number of aircraft
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and in combat capabilities. It has at its disposal fourth-generation US F-15K Slam Eagle fighters (60 aircraft and ...
Very similar starting points despite today’s differences
Today, South Korea’s GDP per capita is more than 11 times higher than Pakistan’s. And the difference in human development is even stronger, as South Korea has extremely good scores for example in life expectancy and education and Pakistan’s ...
