April 30, 2024

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Fyodor Tertitskiy

Fyodor Tertitskiy is a leading researcher at Seoul’s Kookmin University. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Seoul National University and is the author of several books on North Korean history and military in English and Korean.

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Comrades, come rally: Russia’s October Revolution in North Korea

Comrades, come rally: Russia’s October Revolution in North Korea

Rather than the dawn of a new era, the DPRK has portrayed the events as a uniquely Russian affair

Comrades, come rally: Russia’s October Revolution in North Korea
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy November 6, 2017
Papers, please: North Korea’s identification cards

Papers, please: North Korea’s identification cards

From birth certificates to migration control, official documents are a tool of control

Papers, please: North Korea’s identification cards
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy October 17, 2017
Why North Korea celebrates Party Foundation Day

Why North Korea celebrates Party Foundation Day

Almost nothing in state accounts of the WPK's creation is truthful

Why North Korea celebrates Party Foundation Day
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy October 10, 2017
“The great and decisive war against America”: new slogans on North Korea’s streets
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“The great and decisive war against America”: new slogans on North Korea’s streets

Recent photos reveal new trends in national ideology

“The great and decisive war against America”: new slogans on North Korea’s streets
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy September 27, 2017
Bearing witness: valuable, and underrated, North Korean defector memoirs

Bearing witness: valuable, and underrated, North Korean defector memoirs

From unique insights to alleged fabrications, many accounts have been neglected by historians

Bearing witness: valuable, and underrated, North Korean defector memoirs
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy September 20, 2017
The meaning of North Korea’s “Foundation Day”

The meaning of North Korea’s “Foundation Day”

There is no evidence of any great event taking place on September 9

The meaning of North Korea’s “Foundation Day”
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy September 9, 2017
When Kim Il Sung died in 1986

When Kim Il Sung died in 1986

A mysterious broadcast from KPA soldiers on the inter-Korean border sparked panic in the South

When Kim Il Sung died in 1986
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy August 28, 2017
Fight the power: A rare student protest in North Korea

Fight the power: A rare student protest in North Korea

How the Cultural Revolution inspired a short-lived student rebellion in Pyongyang

Fight the power: A rare student protest in North Korea
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy August 20, 2017
Why so few North Koreans know about the 1969 Moon Landing

Why so few North Koreans know about the 1969 Moon Landing

The DPRK authorities' cover-up of a pivotal moment in history is a remarkable story of censorship

Why so few North Koreans know about the 1969 Moon Landing
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy August 11, 2017
North Korea’s unique interpretation of Marxist historiography

North Korea’s unique interpretation of Marxist historiography

DPRK philosophy has been mixed in its teaching of traditional Communist narratives of the past

North Korea’s unique interpretation of Marxist historiography
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy August 4, 2017
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