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November 23, 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

The Kaesong calculus: Is the inter-Korean project worthwhile?

North and South both play brinksmanship, but seem to understand KIZ’s importance

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovAugust 3, 2015
Analysis

The new isolation: Why N. Korea doesn’t mind the friendlessness

Thanks to recent economic turnaround, Pyongyang sees little urgency in warming up to other powers

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovJuly 30, 2015
Analysis

Few boundaries: A history of the North Korea-China border

Border security may be at its tightest now, but still far from the prime of other communist nations

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovJuly 7, 2015
Analysis

How private finance took hold in North Korea

Despite technical illegalities and potential for crime, underground money transfers work startlingly well

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovJune 30, 2015
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
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