The Minjoo, an opposition democratic party, has won the parliamentary majority as a result of the South Korean elections for the first time in 16 years. Valdai Club experts believe that the democrats are too divided to dramatically change their country’s political course, but they will certainly cau

On April 26, at 12:00, the Valdai Club conference hall will host an expert discussion on the results of the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the DPRK leader Kim Jong-un. On April 25, the long-awaited summit of Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un is to be held in Vladivostok.

Chung Eui-yong, Head of the National Security Office under the president of South Korea, said, while speaking to reporters in Washington, that president Trump had expressed his agreement to hold a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un until May. According to Valdai Club expert Gleb Ivashents

War between the US and North Korea is “not unimaginable”,said General Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces. The reason is Pyongyang's nuclear missile program.

Military tensions between the two Koreas will increase and the process ofresolving denuclearization will become more difficult, writes Gu Ho Eom, Director of Asia-Pacific Center, Professor of Graduate School of International Studies at Hanyang University. First ofall, weneed totalk about the Yoon S