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The article discusses the uncertainty in South Korea's future cooperation with Russia and Ukraine after the end of the current conflict, based on comments by Korean scholar Konstantin Asmolov of the ICSA RAS.
The prospects for cooperation between the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Russia and Ukraine after the end of the conflict remain uncertain. Konstantin Asmolov, Candidate of Historical Sciences, leading researcher at the Center for Korean Studies at the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICSA RAS), told Lenta.ru about this.
He noted that Korea should participate in the restoration of Ukraine in the future. However, there are no specific conditions for such cooperation yet.
“The South Koreans periodically promise that they will restore everything, safely leaving out the main question: how exactly will the conflict end?” the Korean scholar emphasized.
Asmolov added that similar uncertainty exists in South Korea's relations with Russia. He recalled that the republic’s authorities allow the restoration of previous business ties after the onset of peace, but when and under what conditions this will happen is unknown.

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