Andrei Lankov Explained

Andrei Lankov
Birth Name:	Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov
Birth Date:	26 July 1963
Birth Place:	Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Main Interests:	Korean history
Alma Mater:	Leningrad State University
Occupation:	Professor at Kookmin University^[1]
Nationality:	Russian
Discipline:	International relations, Korean studies

Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov (Russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Ланько́в; born 26 July 1963) is a Russian scholar of Asia and specialist in Korean studies^[2] and Director of Korea Risk Group, the parent company of NK News and NK Pro.^[3]

Early life and education

Lankov was born on 26 July 1963, in Leningrad, Soviet Union (modern day Saint Petersburg, Russia). He completed undergraduate and graduate degrees at Leningrad State University in 1986 and 1989, respectively. He also attended Pyongyang's Kim Il-sung University in 1985.^[4]

Career

Following his graduate studies, Lankov taught Korean history and language at his alma mater. In 1992, he went to South Korea for work; he moved to Australia in 1996 to take up a post at the Australian National University but moved back to Seoul to teach at Kookmin University in 2004.^{[5] [6]} Lankov has written in Russian (his native language), Korean, and English. He runs a North Korea-themed Livejournal blog^[7] in Russian, where he writes about life in North (and South) Korea, together with his musings and links to his publications. He has written a column for the English-language daily The Korea Times for 15 years^{[8] [9]} and also for Bloomberg News^[10] and Al Jazeera English.^[11]

Since 2012, Lankov has been a regular contributor to NK News and its premium research platform NK Pro. In May 2017, he became a director of Korea Risk Group, the parent company of these platforms, and committed to writing exclusively for the group outside of his academic commitments.

Books

• Book: Lankov, Andrei. From Stalin to Kim Il Sung: The Formation of North Korea, 1945–1960. Rutgers University Press. October 2003. 0-8135-3117-9.
• Book: Lankov, Andrei. 1. Crisis in North Korea: The Failure of De-Stalinization, 1956. University of Hawaii Press. December 2004. 0-8248-2809-7.
• Book: Lankov, Andrei. 1. ru:КНДР вчера и сегодня: Неформальная история Северной Кореи. The DPRK Yesterday and Today: An Unofficial History of North Korea. Vostok-Zapad. 2005. 5-478-00060-4. ru.
• Book: Lankov, Andrei. 1. Быть корейцем (Being Korean). Vostok-Zapad. 2006. 5-17-032481-2. ru.
• Book: Lankov, Andrei. 1. North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea. April 2007. McFarland and Company. 978-0-7864-2839-7.
• Book: Lankov, Andrei. 1. The Dawn of Modern Korea. 2008. EunHaeng NaMu publishing. 978-89-5660-214-1.
• Book: Lankov, Andrei. 1. Август, 1956 год. Кризис в Северной Корее (August 1956, A Crisis in North Korea).. 2009. ROSSPEN. 978-5-8243-0907-2.
• Book: Lankov, Andrei. 1. . 2013. Oxford University Press. 978-0199964291.

External links

• Unofficial, 'fan-made' channel on Telegram
  • The interview with Lankov (Video) by RT
• North Korea's missionary position by Andrei Lankov, Asia Policy
• The Natural Death of North Korean Stalinism by Andrei Lankov, Asia Policy (January 2006)
• Pyongyang Strikes Back: North Korean Policies of 2002–08 and Attempts to Reverse "De-Stalinization from Below" by Andrei Lankov, Asia Policy (July 2009)
• The Death of Juche? A roundtable discussion about the growth of markets in North Korea at Center for Free Enterprise, (28 September 2011)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Andrei Lankov. Palmer. James. Foreign Policy. 1 December 2017. 17 June 2019.
2. News: North Korea's evolution. The Seattle Times. Plate. Tom. 10 August 2006. 31 May 2007.
3. News: Korea Risk Group.
4. The North Korean soap opera: Expert Andrei Lankov on what's going on inside the rogue kingdom . web-video . Brigid Andersen . ABC . Australia . 21 August 2015 . 20 April 2016.
5. Вновь за железным занавесом: Северная Корея двадцать лет спустя. 31 October 2005. 31 May 2007. Lankov. Andrei. Delo. 393. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070928132007/http://lankov.oriental.ru/d99.shtml. 28 September 2007.
6. Web site: Андрей Ланьков. Vostochny Portal. 31 May 2007. Lankov. Andrei. https://web.archive.org/web/20070712171609/http://lankov.oriental.ru/index.shtml. 12 July 2007. dead.
7. http://tttkkk.livejournal.com/ Andrei Lankov's blog about DPRK
8. News: A note to my readers . Andrei . Lankov . . 16 April 2017 . 1 May 2017.
9. Web site: Opinion: Columnists: Andrei Lankov . 4 April 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150408235907/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/category/subsection_304.html . 8 April 2015 . The Korea Times.
10. News: Andrei Lankov . Bloomberg News . 1 May 2017.
11. News: Andrei Lankov . Al Jazeera . 1 May 2017.