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More articles by 'Andrei Lankov'
Strictly business: The sex lives of North Koreans
With laws imported from the USSR, sex remains a culturally taboo topic
December 8, 2016
Trumped: What the new U.S. President will do about North Korea
With Trump in the White House, the risk of conflict on the peninsula is higher than ever
November 9, 2016
How the Zainichi Koreans adjusted to life in North Korea
How the promise of a socialist paradise turned into bitter disappointment
November 7, 2016
Is North Korean denuclearization really a “lost cause”?
This week, James Clapper admitted something North Korean analysts have known for years
October 28, 2016
Promised land? The Zainichi Korean exodus to North Korea
Great emigration driven by discrimination in Japan and belief in communism - but they were deceived
October 24, 2016
Why thousands of Japanese-Koreans left for new lives in North Korea
The strange history of Chongryon and the mass exodus to the DPRK
October 18, 2016
“Tyranny of the Weak”: The row engulfing North Korean studies
The book, which examines DPRK foreign policy in the Cold War, has come under fire for its sourcing
October 5, 2016
View from the bridge: Signs of change on the N.Korea-China border?
In the border city economic shift is underway - but little appears to change in the DPRK
September 28, 2016
“Ms. Wang” and the curious case of North Korea’s Chinese citizens
Understanding the DPRK's Chinese minority and what their future holds
September 15, 2016
After THAAD, could China sanction South Korea?
Originally thought to bring China onside, THAAD deployment has alienated an essential partner
September 6, 2016
