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"Journalists and general public pay great attention to the North Korean nuclear missile program, leaving aside the issue of regulating relations between the two Korean states. Though it is the improvement of relations between the DPRK and the Republic of Korea that is a prerequisite for resolving the crisis," — stated Gleb Ivashentsov, RIAC Vice President, Russian Ambassador to the Republic of Korea in 2005-2009.
In the course of a dynamic discussion, experts expressed an opinion that ...
... 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... ... in
his New Year address
; eight days later,
his envoy met with interlocutors
from South Korean President Moon Jae-in in the demilitarized zone for the first face-to-face... ... issue of non-proliferation.
There are special reasons for Russia to be concerned by the Korean crisis. Its stake in global governance rests primarily on two assets: its permanent...
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),...
... security issues in Northeast Asia took part in the discussions on the Russian side. South Korea was represented by Gu Ho Eom, Head of Asia-Pacific Research Center at Hanyang... ... well as the analysis of bilateral relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Korea. The participants of the conference noted the convergence of positions... ... office and pointed out that there is no alternative to the diplomatic resolution of the Korean crisis. At the same time, experts agreed that resolving the Korean issue is a...
... to use the words of Ri Son-Gwon, head of North Korea’s delegation at the inter-Korean talks held on January 9, 2018 in the South Korean segment of the demilitarized zone in Panmunjom.
In his traditional New Year’s speech, supreme leader of North Korea ... ... 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; ...
