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Fyodor Tertitskiy

Fyodor Tertitskiy

Fyodor Tertitskiy is a leading researcher at Seoul’s Kookmin University. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Seoul National University and is the author of several books on North Korean history and military in English and Korean.

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How the market system works in N.Korea and is sustainable

How the market system works in N.Korea and is sustainable

There’s plenty of motive for profit to go around – and little to buck the trend

How the market system works in N.Korea and is sustainable
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy January 31, 2016
The image of Stalin in North Korea

The image of Stalin in North Korea

The last ‘Stalinist’ system has little regard for the Soviet leader himself

The image of Stalin in North Korea
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy January 18, 2016
Kim’s North Korea – not the Soviets’

Kim’s North Korea – not the Soviets’

The North's founder gained independence from Moscow through guile, determination and good luck

Kim’s North Korea – not the Soviets’
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy December 31, 2015
How North Korea became Kim Il Sung’s Korea

How North Korea became Kim Il Sung’s Korea

A Soviet officer had much to do with the critical early decisions in the nation's history

How North Korea became Kim Il Sung’s Korea
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy December 28, 2015
Coming of age in North Korea

Coming of age in North Korea

Second in a two-part series on the life cycle of a North Korean, from school to sepulcher

Coming of age in North Korea
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy November 29, 2015
Life of a North Korean: From birth to a mountain grave

Life of a North Korean: From birth to a mountain grave

Part 1 in our guide to growing up, memberships, and an 'education' in the leaders' great feats

Life of a North Korean: From birth to a mountain grave
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy November 27, 2015
Lee Ul Sol: Last of N. Korea’s original partisans

Lee Ul Sol: Last of N. Korea’s original partisans

94-year-old's career, medal count shows how Pyongyang values absolute, obsequious loyalty

Lee Ul Sol: Last of N. Korea’s original partisans
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy November 9, 2015
Let them eat rice: North Korea’s public distribution system

Let them eat rice: North Korea’s public distribution system

‘90s-era collapse of the Communist Bloc left a void, filled by markets and PDS nostalgia

Let them eat rice: North Korea’s public distribution system
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy October 29, 2015
The many ways of dying in North Korea

The many ways of dying in North Korea

Executions have long been a fact of life in the North, only their targets have changed

The many ways of dying in North Korea
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy September 30, 2015
‘The North will rise again!’: Anticipating Korea’s post-unification attitudes

‘The North will rise again!’: Anticipating Korea’s post-unification attitudes

The persistence of Confederate nostalgia in the U.S. may have lessons for a united Korea

‘The North will rise again!’: Anticipating Korea’s post-unification attitudes
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy September 10, 2015