Andrei Lankov is a Director at NK News and writes exclusively for the site as one of the world's leading authorities on North Korea. A graduate of Leningrad State University, he attended Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung University from 1984-5 - an experience you can read about here. In addition to his writing, he is also a Professor at Kookmin University.
U.S. policymakers are not ready to see things as they really are on the Korean Peninsula
Demand for meat in the country suggests an increasingly sophisticated food economy
Kim Jong Un would much rather work with the current liberal, pro-engagement Blue House than the rising alternative
The North Korean leader, who may go back to the Kim Il Sung-era farming system, appears not to have learned from history
North Korea’s borders are not as porous to outside media as they used to be, and crackdowns appear to be underway
China needs North Korea to act as a buffer against the U.S.-allied South Korea more than ever
From Mao to Stalin, communist leaders have pushed bad science in hope of achieving their socialist utopias
Contrary to what diplomats say, denuclearizing North Korea remains impossible
North Koreans also resisted former DPRK leader Kim Jong Il’s attempts to clamp down on the country’s private economy
The North Korean military knows they must hang together with the Kim regime, or be hanged separately
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