Andrei Lankov

Brian Myers takes a fresh approach. He largely ignores what the regime tells the outside world about itself, but concentrates instead on…

— Andrei Lankov

Most people in Seoul don't care about the North's belligerent statements: The farther one is from the Korean Peninsula, the more one…

— Andrei Lankov

To not have your suffering recognized is an almost unbearable form of violence.

— Andrei Lankov

“Their approach is often described as paranoid, but I will argue that there may be no alternative to the current North Korean…

— Andrei Lankov

“Finally, in a truly Orwellian twist, the North Korean authorities took care to isolate the populace not only from the foreign media…

— Andrei Lankov

“The reasons for the failure of the Leninist economic model have been studied thoroughly and in the case of North Korea they…

— Andrei Lankov