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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.

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Words, words: North and South Korea’s differing romanization

From diacritics to dodgy vowels, it's best for scholars to simply learn the alphabet

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiyNovember 21, 2017
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A trip to Sinuiju: impressions from a visit to the DPRK-China border

Life in the border city is certainly tough, but locals are finding ways to make things easier

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiyNovember 12, 2017
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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

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiyNovember 6, 2017
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Papers, please: North Korea’s identification cards

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

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiyOctober 17, 2017
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Why North Korea celebrates Party Foundation Day

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

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiyOctober 10, 2017
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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

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiySeptember 27, 2017
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Bearing witness: valuable, and underrated, North Korean defector memoirs

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

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiySeptember 20, 2017
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The meaning of North Korea’s “Foundation Day”

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

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiySeptember 9, 2017
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When Kim Il Sung died in 1986

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

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiyAugust 28, 2017
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Fight the power: A rare student protest in North Korea

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

Fyodor TertitskiyFyodor TertitskiyAugust 20, 2017
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