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Andrei Lankov

Andrei Lankov

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.

Opinion

Why Trump making North Korea his “first priority” isn’t a good thing

Trump's obsession with the DPRK will only deepen the humiliation when his efforts inevitably fail

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovMay 24, 2017
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The fish-trading young pioneers of North Korea’s market economy

How "running traders" during the 1990s laid the groundwork for the DPRK's fledging private markets

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovMay 22, 2017
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North Korean defectors in the South: A model for unification?

The lives of refugees show that unification will not be easy or cheap

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovMay 8, 2017
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On the Great Leader’s Secret Service: North Korea’s intelligence agencies

A brief history of North Korea's spy bureaucracies - and how centralization has changed them

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovMay 1, 2017
Opinion

What we should make of current tensions on the Korean peninsula

The rhetoric may have you believe we are on the brink of war - but we've seen this all before

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovApril 19, 2017
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Who owns North Korea’s businesses?

While enterprises are owned by the state, private entrepreneurs usually run the show

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovMarch 17, 2017
Opinion

Nikki Haley is wrong: North Korea is not “irrational”

Kim Jong Un sees himself - correctly, in some cases - as being surrounded by threats

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovMarch 13, 2017
Opinion

Increased talk of “kinetic” action against N. Korea is deeply concerning

Armed confrontation on the Korean Peninsula is more likely than it's been in decades

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovMarch 8, 2017
Opinion

Is revolution possible in North Korea?

A study of popular uprisings offers some insights into how Kim Jong Un could fall

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovMarch 3, 2017
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Is North Korea a Third World country?

Bad economy, good social indicators: North Korea's status is an enigma

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovFebruary 24, 2017
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