Andrei Lankov

Andrei Lankov
Lankov in November 2010 Lankov in November 2010
Native name	Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov
Born	(1963-07-26) July 26, 1963 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Other names	Andrei Lankov
Academic work
Main interests	Korean history

Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov (Russian: Андрей Николаевич Ланьков; born July 26, 1963) is a Russian scholar of Asia and a specialist in Korean studies.

Early life and education

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

Career

Following his graduate studies, he taught Korean history and language at his alma mater, and in 1992 went to South Korea for work; he moved to Australia in 1996 to take up a post at the Australian National University, and moved back to Seoul to teach at Kookmin University in 2004. Dr. Lankov has a DPRK-themed Livejournal blog in Russian with occasional English posts, where he documents aspects of life in North (and South) Korea, together with his musings and links to his publications. He also writes columns for the English-language daily The Korea Times and for Al Jazeera English.

Lankov is fluent in Russian, Korean, and English.

External links

• 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, (September 28, 2011)