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Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy is a lecturer at Seoul’s Korea University. He is the author of "Accidental Tyrant: The Life of Kim Il-sung" and several other books on North Korean history and military.
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Features Academician Kim: how the Dear Leader received honorary titles from fraudstersDPRK authorities used questionable credentials to beef up Kim Jong Il's CV "Academician" is not a common word in the English language as it refers to a concept which does not exist in the English-speaking world. This word is used to describe a full member of an academy - a club whose purpose was to unite the most distinguished scholars. One of the most well-known examples was the Soviet Union Academy of Sciences. As is the case with its successor - the Russian Academy of Sciences - membership was highly prestigious. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |