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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

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
Interviews

June 12 summit likely to be only “first step” towards denuclearization: expert

The Sejong Institute's Cheong Seong-chang cautions against expecting too much from Singapore meeting

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiyJune 8, 2018
Analysis

Out with the old? What to make of a recent North Korean military reshuffle

Demotions and promotions of top brass are not new - but the timing and the scale are notable

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiyJune 6, 2018
Analysis

How the North is run: the courts

While on paper they are independent, trials in the DPRK rarely stray from the ruling party's interests

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiyJune 3, 2018
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