Andrei Lankov

Andrei Lankov

Lankov in November 2010

Lankov in November 2010
Native name Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov
Born (1963-07-26) July 26, 1963
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Other names Andrei Lankov
Academic work
Main interests Korean history

Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov (Russian: Андрей Николаевич Ланьков; born July 26, 1963) is a Russian scholar of Asia and a specialist in Korean studies.[1]

Early life and education

Lankov was born on July 26, 1963, in Leningrad, Soviet Union (modern day Saint Petersburg). He completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at Leningrad State University in 1986 and 1989, respectively. He also attended Pyongyang's Kim Il-sung University in 1985.[2]

Career

Following his graduate studies, he taught Korean history and language at his alma mater, and in 1992 went to South Korea for work; he moved to Australia in 1996 to take up a post at the Australian National University, and moved back to Seoul to teach at Kookmin University in 2004.[3][4] Dr. Lankov has a DPRK-themed Livejournal blog[5] in Russian, where he documents aspects of life in North (and South) Korea, together with his musings and links to his publications. He also writes columns for the English-language daily The Korea Times[6] and for Al Jazeera English.[7]

Lankov is fluent in Russian, Korean, and English.

Books

References

  1. Plate, Tom (2006-08-10). "North Korea's evolution". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
  2. Brigid Andersen (24 August 2015). The North Korean soap opera: Expert Andrei Lankov on what's going on inside the rogue kingdom (web-video). Australia: ABC. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  3. Lankov, Andrei (2005-10-31). "Вновь за железным занавесом: Северная Корея двадцать лет спустя". Delo (393). Retrieved 2007-05-31.
  4. Lankov, Andrei. "Андрей Ланьков". Vostochny Portal. Archived from the original on 12 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
  5. Andrei Lankov's blog about DPRK
  6. Andrei Lankov's Opinion Column, Korea Times "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  7. Andrei Lankov's Opinion Column, Al Jazeera http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/andrei-lankov.html

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