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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.

Features

The Kim Jong Un succession campaign: how the “Young General” took power

The worsening health of his father led to a speedy propaganda effort to anoint the new leader

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiyJuly 10, 2018
Analysis

Kim Jong Un’s public appearances in May, June: the leader steps out

The last two months saw a whirlwind of diplomatic engagements

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiyJuly 5, 2018
Analysis

The Trump administration and CVID: a brief history

Where "complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization" came from - and where it goes next

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiyJuly 4, 2018
Features

Academician Kim: how the Dear Leader received honorary titles from fraudsters

DPRK authorities used questionable credentials to beef up Kim Jong Il's CV

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiyJune 28, 2018
Analysis

How the North is run: the Ministry of Railroads

One of the DPRK's largest govt departments, managing the country's transport infrastructure is complex

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiyJune 27, 2018
Features

Former North Korean general describes early days of the Korean War

1991 interview with Soviet-born General Kang Sang Ho also sheds light on purges of 1950s

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiyJune 26, 2018
Features

How North and South Korean press covered the outbreak of the Korean War

Confident North, confused South Korean reporting lends to conclusions of war's instigator

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiyJune 25, 2018
Analysis

The third Kim-Xi summit: what did we learn?

A week after the Singapore talks, Kim met Xi for the third time this year

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiyJune 21, 2018
Features

Comrades no more? How North Korea picked sides in the Sino-Soviet split

The machinations of Cold War ideology drove Pyongyang into the isolation that continues today

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiyJune 19, 2018
Analysis

“A new history”? North Korean media reacts to the Kim-Trump summit

A major diplomatic victory for the DPRK may not appear that way to a Rodong Sinmun reader

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiyJune 13, 2018
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