... Symbiosis of Peace and Non-Proliferation in the Korean Peninsula
It was the most miraculous Christmas truce since the First World War. After a year in which the prospect of conflict on the Korean peninsula never appeared greater, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea offered an unexpected olive branch to the Republic of Korea. Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un hinted at rapprochement in
his New Year address
; eight days later,
his envoy met with interlocutors
from South Korean President Moon Jae-in in ...
US Antipathy to Inter-Korean Rapprochement and Russia’s Role in Conflict Prevention
Thanks to the “New Year’s” initiatives of Kim Jong-un – to which South Korean Moon Jae-in responded for his own reasons – significant progress was made in the inter-Korean dialogue at the highest level during the recent Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang (the possibility of an inter-Korean summit is even on the table), although the main achievements thus far have been in terms of good PR rather than concrete agreements...
The parties discussed the situation on the Korean Peninsula as well as prospects for cooperation between the two think tanks.
On February 2, 2018, Igor Ivanov, President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), held a meeting with Lee Sihyung, President of the
Korea Foundation
.
Prof. Eom Gu Ho, Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies and Director of the Asia Pacific Research Center at Hanyang University, as well as officers of the Korea Foundation also took part in the...
... in the context of the DPRK nuclear missile program and inter-Korean relations, strategic cooperation between Russia, China, and the United States in Northeast Asia, as well as the analysis of bilateral relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Korea.
On February 1, 2018, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted Korea-Russia Next Generation Policy Experts Network Forum. The event was organized in cooperation with The Korea Foundation and Asia-Pacific Research Center ...
On January 25, 2018, Igor Ivanov, President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), held a meeting with the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the Russian Federation Yoon-keun Woo and diplomats of the Embassy. Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, and Ksenia Kuzmina, RIAC Program Coordinator, also took part in the meeting.
On January 25, 2018, Igor Ivanov, President ...
... since, for security reasons, Kim Jong-un cannot travel to the South and he hardly wants to travel to China, and because holding a third successive summit in North Korea is fraught with political costs for the South Korean leader.
1
. G. Toloraya. The Republic of Korea. Moscow: Mysl, 1990, p. 44.
2
. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Moscow: Nauka, 1985, pp. 260–262; Nodon sinmun, Pyongyang, 7.4.1993.
... findings of the ongoing research project, Asian investors continue to increase direct investments in the EAEU. During the monitoring period (2008–2016), FDI stock originating from 12 Asian countries (China, Japan, Turkey, India, Israel, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iran, Singapore, and Vietnam) has increased from $32 billion in 2008 to $75.6 billion in the beginning of 2017.
China continues to expand its economic presence in EAEU countries and other CIS states, retaining ...
... Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Academician; Pavel Zolotaryov, Major-General, Deputy Director at RAS Institute of USA and Canada; and Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, held a briefing for the staff of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Moscow on Russia-U.S. relations and their impact on political, military, and strategic situation in the Northeast Asia region.
On November 22 Alexander Dynkin, RIAC member, President of RAS Institute of World Economy and International ...
On October 25, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov met with Park Ro-Byug, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Russia.
On October 25, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov met with Park Ro-Byug, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Russia.
The meeting covered the recent events regarding Korean peninsula, possible ways to resolve the current ...
The following issues were discussed in the course of the meeting: bilateral relations between Russia and the Republic of Korea, security issues on the Korean Peninsula, opportunities for signing the Free Trade Zone Agreement between the Republic of Korea and the Eurasian Economic Union.
On August 29 Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with ...
