Aidan Foster-Carter joins NK News in 2014



Columns Aidan Foster-Carter joins NK News in 2014 British DPRK-watcher Aidan Foster-Carter will be contributing regular articles and book reviews to NK News. Here he gives us a taster of what to expect: Aidan Foster-Carter January 20, 2014 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Aidan Foster-Carter As a fan and keen supporter of NK News from the outset, it’s a great pleasure and honour to be joining the team. Hitherto NK News has kindly interviewed and quoted me, but I relish this opportunity to also write directly in my own words for the leading website on North Korea. To avoid duplication or overlap with others, my contributions will mainly be of three kinds: 1. Book reviews. When I first got interested back in the 1960s, there were almost no books in English on North Korea. In recent years that has totally changed; there © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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Aidan Foster-Carter joins NK News in 2014

British DPRK-watcher Aidan Foster-Carter will be contributing regular articles and book reviews to NK News. Here he gives us a taster of what to expect:

Aidan Foster-Carter January 20, 2014

Aidan Foster-Carter

As a fan and keen supporter of NK News from the outset, it’s a great pleasure and honour to be joining the team. Hitherto NK News has kindly interviewed and quoted me, but I relish this opportunity to also write directly in my own words for the leading website on North Korea.

To avoid duplication or overlap with others, my contributions will mainly be of three kinds:

1. Book reviews. When I first got interested back in the 1960s, there were almost no books in English on North Korea. In recent years that has totally changed; there

About the Author

Aidan Foster-Carter

Aidan Foster-Carter is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology and Modern Korea at Leeds University in England. Educated at Eton and Oxford, he taught sociology at the Universities of Hull, Dar es Salaam and Leeds from 1971 to 1997. Having followed Korean affairs since 1968, since 1997 he has been a full-time analyst and consultant on Korea: writing, lecturing and broadcasting for academic, business and policy audiences in the UK and worldwide.

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