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More articles by 'Andrei Lankov'
Why increasing numbers of senior officials are fleeing North Korea
Purge fears, reduced political enthusiasm and concern over national prospects all key factors
Comic inconsistency: North Korean explanations of high-profile defections
Bungling of defection explanation consistent with North Korean historical record
Why North Korea sanctions are unlikely to produce desirable results
For multiple reasons, there is little reason to be hopeful of positive results
Why South Koreans shouldn’t be surprised by THAAD-crisis with China
"Chinese worries are reasonable, and unlikely to be placated through smiles and assurances"
Washington’s N. Korea sanctions bet has full support, for now
Whatever their goal, sanctions are seen as the only way to go in the Washington of summer 2016
Post-coup North Korea: A China-controlled future puppet state?
The future circumstances under which China might wish to influence a Northern Korean government
A developmental dictatorship (with North Korean characteristics)
The Byungjin line’s chances of succeeding are not impossible – just really unlikely
Four North Koreans’ great Bulgarian escape
For 4 exchange students in Eastern Europe, de-Stalinization was not just an intellectual challenge
Striking black gold: How North Koreans became coal entrepreneurs
Coal is relatively easy to produce, so business-state partnerships have turned profits
