Andrei Lankov Books
The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia
"Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been. A native of the former Soviet Union, he lived as an exchange student in North Korea in the 1980s. He has studied it for his entire career...
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"In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque state. After providing an accessible history of the nation, he turns his focus...
Read MoreNorth of the Dmz
By A. N. Lan Kov, Andrei Lankov, A. N. Lankov
"Book describes the difficult but determined existence that North Koreans have created for themselves in the face of oppression. The book introduces the political system and the extent to which it...
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