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More articles by 'Fyodor Tertitskiy'
The image of Stalin in North Korea
The last ‘Stalinist’ system has little regard for the Soviet leader himself
January 18, 2016
Kim’s North Korea – not the Soviets’
The North's founder gained independence from Moscow through guile, determination and good luck
December 31, 2015
How North Korea became Kim Il Sung’s Korea
A Soviet officer had much to do with the critical early decisions in the nation's history
December 28, 2015
Coming of age in North Korea
Second in a two-part series on the life cycle of a North Korean, from school to sepulcher
November 29, 2015
Life of a North Korean: From birth to a mountain grave
Part 1 in our guide to growing up, memberships, and an 'education' in the leaders' great feats
November 27, 2015
Lee Ul Sol: Last of N. Korea’s original partisans
94-year-old's career, medal count shows how Pyongyang values absolute, obsequious loyalty
November 9, 2015
Let them eat rice: North Korea’s public distribution system
‘90s-era collapse of the Communist Bloc left a void, filled by markets and PDS nostalgia
October 29, 2015
The many ways of dying in North Korea
Executions have long been a fact of life in the North, only their targets have changed
September 30, 2015
‘The North will rise again!’: Anticipating Korea’s post-unification attitudes
The persistence of Confederate nostalgia in the U.S. may have lessons for a united Korea
September 10, 2015
South Korea’s Dead Governors Society
Seoul's ‘government’ of North Korean provinces has never and will never rule there
September 1, 2015
