Russian-Korean relations
On the 7th of July in 2004 marked 120 years since estiblishment official diplomatic relations between Russian Empire and Kingdom of Korea. In 2002 Russian Federation opened embassy in Seul. The first leader was Gleb Iveshenzov. The leader now is Kulik Andrey Borisovich. In the beggining, Russia differed from other developed countries and did not want to estiblish relations with Korea. Things changed in the middle of 19 century. Russia had to control new territories in the Far East, so relations with the nearest country there became necessary. During that time Japan tried to conquer some Korean territories...