Andrei Lankov
Russian-born scholar of North Korea; teaches at Kookmin University in Seoul.
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- Andrei Lankov is a Russian-Australian specialist in Korean studies, born in Leningrad in 1963.
- He studied at Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang from 1984 to 1985.
- He taught in South Korea and at the Australian National University, then at Kookmin University in Seoul from 2004.
- In May 2017 he became a director of Korea Risk Group, parent of NK News.
Key facts
- Born
- 26 July 1963, Leningrad1
- Education
- Leningrad State University (1986, 1989); Kim Il Sung University, Pyongyang, 1984 to 19851
- Academic posts
- Leningrad State University 1990 to 1992; Chung-Ang University 1992 to 1994; Australian National University 1996 to 2004; Kookmin University from 20041
- Korea Risk Group
- Director from May 2017; writes for NK News and NK Pro1
- Columns
- The Korea Times for 15 years; also Bloomberg and Al Jazeera English1
- Books
- From Stalin to Kim Il Sung (2003); North of the DMZ (2007); The Real North Korea (2013)1
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