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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

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
Analysis

How North Korean trading companies make money

Trade organizations work together by swapping their state-approved quota for surplus materials

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovJune 28, 2013
Opinion

Mein Kampf has little to offer a North Korean statesman

Why everyone was so easily persuaded by the idea of Kim Jong Un and his Hitler fantasy

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovJune 21, 2013
Analysis

Why North Korea wants to talk about a tourist mountain

Money, no exposure to Southern influence and little work make Mt. Kumgang an ideal platform for cooperation

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovJune 10, 2013
Analysis

The Russians are not coming to North Korea

North Korea’s Former Ally Now Mainly Concerned with Stability, Maintaining Status Quo

Andrei LankovAndrei LankovJune 3, 2013