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.
Push to bring in foreign visitors may reveal shortcomings in Kim Jong Un’s knowledge
Despite many shortcomings, signs point to eventual freeze-for-aid agreement
North may seek agreement with U.S. to delegitimize South
City near North Korea’s capital has become center of national commerce
Human rights improving due to leniency, bribery, and fewer family punishments
Long persecuted, Christians in the North now have ‘official’ churches, catacomb networks
North Korea encourages IT and cellphone use but deliberately limits network capacities
Thousands of Koreans once escaped China for DPRK, but situation reversed in 1990s
Status of Russian-Koreans changed as DPRK-USSR relations fluctuated
Once a valued source of hard currency, repatriates from Japan have fallen on hard times
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