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Is China Following Russia’s Foreign Policy?

» by July 18th, 2011 at 3:12 am » Comments (5)

STRATFOR has a really good report on how Russia is slowly rebuilding the old Soviet empire, but doing it this time without having to take on the burdens of an ...more »

Russia Inflames Territorial Tensions with Japan

» by November 3rd, 2010 at 8:09 pm » Comments (6)

It just makes you wonder why the Russian President would decide to inflame tensions with Tokyo over the Kuril Islands issue?: Prime Minister Naoto Kan said on Monday that a visit ...more »

Putin’s Daughter Reported to Be Marrying A Korean Man

» by November 1st, 2010 at 3:56 am » Comments (13)

How would like to have Vladimir Putin as your father in law?  Well at least one Korean guy is about to find out: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="180" caption="Photo of a young ...more »

Russia & China Urge “Restraint” On Korean Peninsula

» by May 26th, 2010 at 7:04 pm » Comments (21)

I wonder what restraint the Russians would be urging if one of their ships was sunk by a foreign rival? [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="213" caption="South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak (R) greets ...more »

The Russian Solution to Somali Piracy

» by May 14th, 2010 at 4:29 am » Comments (30)

So does anyone think the Somali pirates will ever target Russian ships?: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="213" caption="The Russian warship Marshal Shaposhnikov, pictured in 2003 during exercises in the Indian Ocean."][/caption] Ten pirates ...more »

Alleged Hate Crime Leads to Death of South Korean In Russia

» by February 19th, 2010 at 8:39 am » Comments (3)

This is pretty despicable: South Korea urged Russia on Friday to take steps to curb hate crimes against its citizens in Russia, following the death of a college student attacked earlier ...more »

Exiled Koreans Describe Life On Sakhalin Island

» by February 10th, 2010 at 4:29 pm » Comments (9)

Here is an interesting article about the conscripted Korean laborers from World War II that still find themselves for various reasons living on the Russian island of Sakhalin: “So, I have ...more »

Russia Unveils Its New Stealth Fighter

» by February 1st, 2010 at 3:26 am » Comments (14)

It will be interesting to see who the Russians plan to export this fighter to: Russia's first stealth fighter intended to match the latest U.S. design made its maiden flight Friday, ...more »

Group of 12 North Koreans Defect from Siberian Logging Camp

» by December 23rd, 2009 at 11:14 pm » Comments (4)

Here is yet another country that North Koreans have found a way to defect from: A Japanese daily says a group of 12 North Korean men that were working in Amur ...more »

Russia Deploys Missile Defense Along Border with North Korea

» by August 31st, 2009 at 5:43 am » Comments (2)

I wonder what the real reason for this announcement from Moscow is? Russia has put defences on alert along its border with North Korea amid tensions over possible new missile ...more »

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