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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DPRK authorities used questionable credentials to beef up Kim Jong Il's CV
One of the DPRK's largest govt departments, managing the country's transport infrastructure is complex
1991 interview with Soviet-born General Kang Sang Ho also sheds light on purges of 1950s
Confident North, confused South Korean reporting lends to conclusions of war's instigator
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The machinations of Cold War ideology drove Pyongyang into the isolation that continues today
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