About the Author
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy is a lecturer at Seoul’s Korea University. He is the author of "Accidental Tyrant: The Life of Kim Il-sung" and several other books on North Korean history and military.
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Evergreen The unusual history of North Korea’s military ranksThe DPRK's original Soviet-style system survives in some parts of the country to this day ![]() Armies usually have ranks. Colonels, lieutenants, and sergeants are generally perceived as a natural part of a military: such as, for example, divisions or squads. Yet in the communist world it was not always so. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |