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Andrei Lankov

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In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Nikolaevich and the family name is Lankov.

Andrei Lankov
Lankov in November 2010
Lankov in November 2010
Born
Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov

(1963-07-26) 26 July 1963 (age 62)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
OccupationProfessor at Kookmin University[1]
Academic background
Alma materLeningrad State University
Academic work
DisciplineInternational relations, Korean studies
Main interestsKorean history

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]

Life and career

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Early years and education

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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][5]

Career

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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.[6][7] Lankov has written in Russian (his native language), Korean, and English. He runs a North Korea–themed Livejournal blog[8] 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[9][10] and also for Bloomberg News[11] and Al Jazeera English.[12]

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.

In 2026, Lankov was detained in Latvia just before he was scheduled to give a lecture. His detention occurred because he had been declared persona non grata[13] a few days prior, a decision he claimed was politically motivated. That same day, he was transferred to the Estonian border.[14][15]

Bibliography

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Books

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

References

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  1. ^ Palmer, James (1 December 2017). "Andrei Lankov". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. ^ Plate, Tom (10 August 2006). "North Korea's evolution". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
  3. ^ "Korea Risk Group".
  4. ^ "Contributors: Andrei Lankov". Lowy Institute.
  5. ^ Lankov, Andrei (January 2006). "The Natural Death of North Korean Stalinism". Asia Policy. 1 (1). National Bureau of Asian Research: 95–121. doi:10.1353/asp.2006.0015.
  6. ^ Lankov, Andrei (31 October 2005). "Вновь за железным занавесом: Северная Корея двадцать лет спустя". Delo (393). Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
  7. ^ Lankov, Andrei. "Андрей Ланьков". Vostochny Portal. Archived from the original on 12 July 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
  8. ^ Andrei Lankov's blog about DPRK
  9. ^ Lankov, Andrei (16 April 2017). "A note to my readers". The Korea Times. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Opinion: Columnists: Andrei Lankov". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Andrei Lankov". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Andrei Lankov". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Krievu vēsturnieks, Ziemeļkorejas speciālists Laņkovs Latvijas «melnajā sarakstā» iekļauts pēc drošības dienesta lūguma" [Russian historian Lankov, expert in North Korean matters included in "blacklist" after request from the security service]. LSM (in Latvian). 25 February 2026.
  14. ^ "Учёного Андрея Ланькова, задержанного в Риге, выдворили в Эстонию" [Scholar Andrei Lankov, detained in Riga, deported to Estonia]. RFE/RL (in Russian). 24 February 2026.
  15. ^ "В Латвии во время лекции задержали корееведа Андрея Ланькова" [In Latvia, North Korea scholar Andrei Lankov was detained during a lecture.]. Kommersant (in Russian). 24 February 2026.
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