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.
It's the 67th anniversary of the Korean War armistice, but Pyongyang still claims it repelled an invasion from the South
The Rodong Sinmun's foreign news section has become much shorter and much more random in recent months
Recent shifts in both South Korea and the U.S. suggest the political will for another high-level meeting with the North
As John Bolton's memoirs reaffirm, President Trump came to the summit empty-handed only to engage in political theater
Pyongyang has long resented Seoul's failure to live up to its grandiose promises
The North scoffs at mere symbolic exchange, but the South risks angering the U.S. by pursuing anything more substantial
The ruling Kim family has kept their Beijing benefactors close, but far enough as not to invite unwanted interference
Despite his manifest health issues, the North Korean leader likely knows that doing so could provoke a power struggle
Something may have happened to the North Korean leader, but the media has failed to learn from past mistakes
The coronavirus epidemic, even if it gets out of control, would not constitute a major threat to the regime stability
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