... solemnly
declared
that there would be no more war on the Korean Peninsula and that the two Koreas would strive for complete denuclearization. Specific measures were taken to reduce military confrontation, and in September 2018, the defense ministers of South Korea and North Korea adopted the Comprehensive Military Agreement, which included
provisions
for establishing buffer zones between the two states. But all these good intentions did not outlive the liberal administration for long and were scrapped with the coming ...
А sharp escalation of tension may occur in the near future
The belligerent statements that the United States, North Korea and South Korea have been making about each other over the past few weeks, and the steps they have taken to mobilise their existing arsenals, suggest that a sharp escalation of tension may occur in the near future.
In March 2022, Pyongyang successfully tested ...
... or abroad without being identified22. Cyber warfare is at present the main asset of the Hermit Kingdom with its nuclear deterrence capabilities. While the country is unable to afford 5th generation fighter jets and heavy equipment to be on a par with South Korea and the United States, nuclear weapons ensure the country’s deterrence against any adversary, while cyber warfare makes it possible to target public and private infrastructure anywhere and at an affordable cost. Furthermore, since North Korea has little or no infrastructure relying on new technologies, a retaliation (e.g. from the United States) is unlikely, highlighting the growing disequilibrium between a country increasing its dependence on new technologies and, consequently,...
... the Korean War to better handle conflict?
This year marks the 70
th
anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. It was initially a civil war that gradually evolved into an international conflict, during which the Soviet Union and China supported North Korea. Last Friday, China commemorated the 70
th
anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers army entering the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. How to evaluate China's decision to ...
... moving towards the goals that have been set. And all this despite the fact that many controversial aspects have been put off until a later date. Still, the sides have been in no hurry to fulfil their obligations.
The United States was clearly expecting North Korea to collapse and be absorbed into South Korea, which would have conveniently put an end to the nuclear problem. There was no way that the United States was going to recognize the right of the North Korean “dictatorship” to exist.
North Korea realized that abandoning its nuclear programme ...
... the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) and the Kumgangsan tourist region. The KIC, located in the DPRK near the border with the Republic of Korea, was the largest and most successful inter-Korean project. It housed the production of more than a hundred South Korean small and medium-sized enterprises, which employed about 50 thousand North Korean workers. By 2015, through the work of the Kaesong complex, inter-Korean trade turnover reached USD 3 billion, which made South Korea the second most important trading partner of the DPRK after China. The Kumgangsan tourist region was open ...
... Alexander Solovyov (Russia in Global Affairs).
The Republic of Korea was represented at the round table by the staff of the Office of Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, MFA of the Republic of Korea, as well as representatives of the Embassy of South Korea in Moscow.
The discussion touched upon such issues as the state of the US-North Korea dialog, the importance of multilateral mechanisms in achieving the goal of turning the Korean Peninsula into a nuclear-weapon-free zone, possible economic development projects on the peninsula, and prospects for bilateral cooperation between ...
... the discussion.
The round table was moderated by Woo Yun Keun, Ambassador of South Korea. The discussion focused on various dimensions of the issues of eliminating nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula, including the state and prospects of the U.S.-North Korean negotiations, the role of multilateral formats, and the positions of Russia, China, and South Korea on security issues in North-East Asia. Additionlally, the discussion touched upon the issues of the development of an expert-analytical dialog between Russia and South Korea.
... past and that the UN Security Council is putting an end to that chapter and, therefore, the UN Command is no longer needed in Korea.
Alexander Mamaev:
North Korea's Cyber
To further promote the inter-Korean détente, it would probably be useful for North Korea and South Korea to conclude an agreement between commanders-in-chief of the two countries on preventing dangerous military activities; such an agreement could serve as a landmark on the road to concluding a Peace Treaty to replace the 1953 Armistice Agreement....
... the Trump-Kim joint statement following the results of the Singapore summit. This implies, among other things, the United States’ refusal to deploy nuclear weapons in South Korea in the future, calls of American ships carrying nuclear weapons into South Korean ports, and the direction of strategic bombers into the Korean airspace. The North Korean leader also noted that Pyongyang would abandon its nuclear weapons, first, only in the context of complete and universal nuclear disarmament, and, second, only on the condition that the DPRK would be provided with solid security guarantees....
