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Fyodor Tertitskiy

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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Kim Jong Un’s public appearances in December: a renewed focus on ideological matters
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Kim Jong Un’s public appearances in December: a renewed focus on ideological matters

The final month of 2017 saw the leader challenge some established political norms

Kim Jong Un’s public appearances in December: a renewed focus on ideological matters
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy January 9, 2018
Inter-Korean meeting agreed for January 9: what to expect?
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Inter-Korean meeting agreed for January 9: what to expect?

With talks planned for next Tuesday, numerous stumbling blocks remain in place

Inter-Korean meeting agreed for January 9: what to expect?
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy January 5, 2018
Analysis: What to make of Kim Jong Un’s new year speech
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Analysis: What to make of Kim Jong Un’s new year speech

Speech offered fig-leaf to South Korea, but warning to U.S., analysis shows

Analysis: What to make of Kim Jong Un’s new year speech
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy January 1, 2018
WPK Cells’ Chairmen Conference: what we learned and why it’s important
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WPK Cells’ Chairmen Conference: what we learned and why it’s important

North Korea's leadership is seriously alarmed by foreign influence and uncharacteristically open about addressing the problem

WPK Cells’ Chairmen Conference: what we learned and why it’s important
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy December 29, 2017
How to interpret Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s address

How to interpret Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s address

History shows North Korea's supreme leader uses speech to signal a direction for the country

How to interpret Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s address
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy December 28, 2017
Why foreign NGOs and tourists can’t visit North Korea’s Jagang Province
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Why foreign NGOs and tourists can’t visit North Korea’s Jagang Province

Research suggests large-scale munitions industry presence could be a contributing factor

Why foreign NGOs and tourists can’t visit North Korea’s Jagang Province
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy December 25, 2017
Dreams of unification: why Pyongyang can’t conquer the peninsula

Dreams of unification: why Pyongyang can’t conquer the peninsula

There are simply too many obstacles to a North Korean take over of the South

Dreams of unification: why Pyongyang can’t conquer the peninsula
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy December 22, 2017
Trump, missile tests, and an assassination: N. Korea’s year in review

Trump, missile tests, and an assassination: N. Korea’s year in review

In 2017, Kim Jong Un continued along the same path he's followed since rising to power six years ago

Trump, missile tests, and an assassination: N. Korea’s year in review
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy December 17, 2017
Maritime interdictions and North Korea: three potential scenarios
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Maritime interdictions and North Korea: three potential scenarios

Options range from non-military to those which would reserve force to oblige compliance

Maritime interdictions and North Korea: three potential scenarios
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy December 15, 2017
Cooking up a storm: Moscow’s North Korean restaurants

Cooking up a storm: Moscow’s North Korean restaurants

How one DPRK-run establishment became the center of a media controversy in Russia

Cooking up a storm: Moscow’s North Korean restaurants
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy December 7, 2017
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