Author: Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov
Beyond nationalism: An approach to ‘explosive’ territorial disputes
Joint Project between the Northeast Asian History Foundation and The AsiaN *Editor’s Note: Security in East Asia is swaying in a rough sea. North Korea’s nuclear crisis has been highly […]
Park’s candid remarks feared to irritate NK leadership
Soon after North Korea’s third nuclear test, Ms. Park Geun-hye, president-elect of South Korea, met current President Lee Myung-bak. As one should expect, South Korea’s future leader found harsh words […]
Park Geun-hye gov’t asked to prepare for welfare policy of unified Korea
The election of Park Geun-hye as the new President of the ROK has attracted much attention internationally. Some observers have emphasised the fact that she is the first woman to […]
Pervasion of mobile phone in NK will eventually change it to a new country
In recent weeks, North Korea has frequently been in the headlines. Of course, the successful launch of a satellite attracted much attention. The large-scale purges of the military, the pregnancy […]
Sad truth about N. Korean missiles
The political dust, which was created by North Korea’s successful rocket launch is beginning to settle. Predictably, there has been the usual amount of tough talk from Seoul, Washington and […]
Memory of Kim Jong-il on the occasion of the first anniversary of his demise
One year has passed since the untimely demise of Marshall (posthumously promoted to Generalissimo) Kim Jong-il. Thus it is probably an appropriate time to say a few words about the […]
U.S. may consider buying off improved NK missile capabilities
So it has been almost one year since the world learnt about the sudden and untimely demise of Marshall Kim Jong Il, the Lodestar of the Twenty-first Century. What has […]
Future of NK leadership at time when society changes rapidly
The beautiful and charming Ri Sol-ju, the wife of the North Korean strongman Kim Jong-un, has not been seen for quite a while. After few months of frantic activity, she […]
Different world of jobs in NK
Westerners or, for that matter, South Koreans are always impressed when they are told that somebody in North Korea is a medical doctor. It is seen as an embodiment of […]
Success of rightists’ move to use NK-related policies in coming presidential election has yet to be seen
In mid-December, South Korean voters will go to the polls to decide who will be the next president of the Republic of Korea (ROK). South Korean elections tend to be […]