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July 16, 2024

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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.

Analysis

No one is safe in Kim Jong Un’s court

When it comes to ruthlessness, North Korea’s leader surpasses his father and grandfather

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovJune 23, 2015
Analysis

North Korea’s new avenues for private trade

What do cars, boats and restaurants have in common? They’re how more Northerners are making money

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovJune 16, 2015
Analysis

Industrial reforms: What is North Korea waiting for?

Successful small-scale liberalization not being expanded, some possible explanations cause for worry

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovJune 2, 2015
Analysis

The other North Korean famine

The disaster of the mid-1990s was not the first time bad decisions left many to go hungry

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovMay 19, 2015
Analysis

Hyon Yong Chol: An execution and a message?

Kim Jong Un's appears more ruthless than his predecessors, signalling to leadership he is not to trifled with

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovMay 13, 2015
Opinion

The (North Korean) Prince

Some Machiavellian advice on maintaining the Northern kingdom’s survival

Andrei LankovAndrei Lankov | Peter WardMay 11, 2015
Analysis

Behind the decline in North Korean defections

Kim Jong Un’s regime has applied smarter, not stricter, policies to bring down escapees

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovMay 5, 2015
Analysis

Foibles and fears: Why Kim Jong Un cancelled his Russia visit

Speculation of coup risk in Pyongyang or S. Korean president's decision not to attend unrelated

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovMay 1, 2015
Analysis

The evolution of North Korea’s ‘inminban’

Neighborhood surveillance among many facets of life changed by markets

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovApril 28, 2015
Analysis

North Koreans care less about KWP membership than ever

Private economy creates alternative means to privileges once only accessed by party members

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovApril 21, 2015
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