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November 22, 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 problem with a Korean peace treaty

North may seek agreement with U.S. to delegitimize South

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovOctober 9, 2013
Analysis

Pyongsong: Site of the revolution to come?

City near North Korea’s capital has become center of national commerce

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovSeptember 20, 2013
Analysis

How human rights in North Korea are gradually improving

Human rights improving due to leniency, bribery, and fewer family punishments

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovSeptember 12, 2013
Analysis

North Korea’s irreconcilable relationship with Christianity

Long persecuted, Christians in the North now have ‘official’ churches, catacomb networks

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovSeptember 9, 2013
Analysis

North Korea’s “schizophrenic” computer and phone revolution

North Korea encourages IT and cellphone use but deliberately limits network capacities

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovAugust 19, 2013
Analysis

Minorities in North Korea, part 3: Chinese-Koreans

Thousands of Koreans once escaped China for DPRK, but situation reversed in 1990s

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovAugust 12, 2013
Analysis

Minorities in North Korea, part 2: Russian-Koreans

Status of Russian-Koreans changed as DPRK-USSR relations fluctuated

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovAugust 8, 2013
Analysis

Minorities in North Korea, part 1: Japanese-Koreans

Once a valued source of hard currency, repatriates from Japan have fallen on hard times

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovAugust 6, 2013
Opinion

North Korea will never give up its nuclear weapons – Lankov

Few are brave enough to admit the obvious: North Korea is not going to abandon its nuclear weapons

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovJuly 29, 2013
Analysis

Did Kim Jong Un purge his father’s widow, Kim Ok?

‘Harem politics’ makes the ever contentious succession issue even more complicated

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovJuly 5, 2013