The problems of the need to modify the methodology of science studies in connection with the digitalization of science, in particular the Sciences of the socio-humanitarian cycle, are discussed. At the same time, for many social Sciences and Humanities, the digital environment, including big data, has become in recent years not only a medium for communication and dissemination of results, but also an independent source and object of scientific research. The results of monitoring information resources of social and humanitarian sciences in general, as well as for linguistics and science of science in particular, are presented. Is a brief overview of the methods of scientometrics. The use of blockchain technology to solve many problems of organizing science as an information process is discussed.

The article explores the social phenomenon of “fake news”, analyzes the development trends of “machine learning” technologies, which allow using artificial intelligence to create visually “reliable” “deepfakes” photos and videos, that are not amenable to any expertise, and gives the forecasts of global threats and risks which will follow without the proper control over the application of the capabilities of advanced information technologies.

The article speaks about current issues of the development of electronic education in the world, about problems and prospects for its development in Russia. Online education in the field of higher education is analyzed, as well as the prospects for the export of educational services based on massive open online courses (MOOC) developed by Russian universities in foreign languages within the frame of the project of export Russian education.

The article considers the main characteristics of the national system of scientific and technical information in the Republic of Moldova. In the context of determining the possible development prospects of this system, such areas are studied as: structure and special centers for managing scientific and technical information, the main directions of state policy, financing of projects in 2019, as well as scientific journals.

The article discusses major issues in managing change processes in the organizations. The specific reasons for the setbacks in the implementation of organizational change are being addressed.

The article deals with the priority areas for the development of economic cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Korea. The author presents the results already achieved in economic interaction and comments on the active bilateral dialogue of the parties. Based on the analysis, the author concludes that there are good opportunities for the development of economic ties between the two countries.

The engineering industry, as well as Russian-Korean cooperation therein and its prospects, are considered separately.