Andrei Lankov | |
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 Lankov in November 2010 | |
| Born | Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov (1963-07-26)26 July 1963 (age 62) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) |
| Occupation | Professor atKookmin University[1] |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Leningrad State University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | International relations,Korean studies |
| Main interests | Korean history |
Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov (Russian:Андре́й Никола́евич Ланько́в; born 26 July 1963) is a Russian scholar of Asia and specialist inKorean studies[2] and Director ofKorea Risk Group, the parent company ofNK News and NK Pro.[3]
Lankov was born on 26 July 1963, inLeningrad,Soviet Union (modern daySaint Petersburg,Russia). He completed undergraduate and graduate degrees atLeningrad State University in 1986 and 1989, respectively. He also attendedPyongyang'sKim Il Sung University in 1985.[4][5]
Following his graduate studies, Lankov taught Korean history and language at his alma mater. In 1992, he went to South Korea for work; he moved to Australia in 1996 to take up a post at theAustralian National University but moved back toSeoul to teach atKookmin University in 2004.[6][7] Lankov has written inRussian (his native language),Korean, andEnglish. He runs a North Korea–themedLivejournal blog[8] in Russian, where he writes about life in North (and South) Korea, together with his musings and links to his publications. He has written a column for the English-language dailyThe Korea Times for 15 years[9][10] and also forBloomberg News[11] andAl Jazeera English.[12]
Since 2012, Lankov has been a regular contributor toNK News and its premium research platform NK Pro. In May 2017, he became a director of Korea Risk Group, the parent company of these platforms, and committed to writing exclusively for the group outside of his academic commitments.
