The main problems
- Korea’s policy is clearly not aimed at international cooperation
- The DPRK announced the price: $300–500 million a year for gas transit
- Republic of Korea will give its consent only if Russia is responsible for the reliability and continuity of gas supplies
Gas pipeline project remains unfinished reasons
- No agreement on cooperation in the gas sector between Russia and North Korea.
- unstable relations between South Korea and North Korea
- DPRK does not have enough experience in international relations.
The implementation of energy projects on the Korean Peninsula
- the creation of new logistics communications
- connecting the Trans-Siberian and Trans-Korean Railways
- electrification of the region
- sharing of various resources between the three states
The above problems
Introduction
- cooperation in the field of hydropower
- the development of a joint branch of power engineering
- strengthening financial
- institutional mechanisms for energy cooperation on the Korean Peninsula
- The goal is to analyze the dynamics of energy cooperation development in the Russia – North Korea – South Korea triangle, the interests of the participants and the prospects of energy cooperation considering tense relations between the states.
- The research is topical because of the comprehensive assessment ambiguity of political and energy imbalance in Northeast Asia, the countries’ positions in relation to the draft of the international gas pipeline issues to be an obstacle to the full energy cooperation between Russia, North and South Korea on the international level.
- The significance of the work is in analysis of the approaches of Russian and foreign authors to the issue of energy cooperation on the Korean Peninsula.
Problems of energy cooperation on Korean peninsula in terms of regional security threats