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.
The Soviet Union seems a bastion of liberalism compared to life in the DPRK
A ruler can do a lot in half a decade, Kim has changed little - and made some things worse
Those linking the Chinese philosopher with the DPRK have misunderstood both
The DPRK's military uniforms have their roots in Imperial Russia and the Second World War
Policymakers need to stop obsessing about the nuke program and focus on human rights
The DPRK's ranking of confidential materials - and what they contain - reveals a lot
North Korea has a complex history with the Olympic Games but performances remain impressive
Though secret police get most intl' attention, its the regular force doing the bulk of the work
While Kim family is absent in N.Korean cartoons, propaganda can still be found aplenty
Regional overrepresentation, the language barrier and ignorance of sources holds back field
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