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Since the beginning of North Korean history, a significant portion of Korea watchers have been waiting patiently for a revolution to happen in Pyongyang.
The number of people making predictions has increased or decreased according to the changing political landscape: in the early 1990s, for example, it was a view held by a majority that North Korea was ripe for a massive, perhaps violent, overthrow of the seemingly anachronistic and irrational regime.
Since the beginning of North Korean history, a significant portion of Korea watchers have been waiting patiently for a revolution to happen in Pyongyang.
The number of people making predictions has increased or decreased according to the changing political landscape: in the early 1990s, for example, it was a view held by a majority that North Korea was ripe for a massive, perhaps violent, overthrow of the seemingly anachronistic and irrational regime.
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Andrei Lankov is a Director at NK News and writes exclusively for the site as one of the world's leading authorities on North Korea. A graduate of Leningrad State University, he attended Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung University from 1984-5 - an experience you can read about here. In addition to his writing, he is also a Professor at Kookmin University.