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西儒 ─ The Western Confucian (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... rights and aid to refugees" sating these were "likely to irritate the Pyongyang government." Prof. Lankov said that "his rightist opponents... see some of these statements (perhaps correctly) as a major blow to Roh's reputation and legacy," but suggests that the speech represents "a clear tendency to abandon the vision of unification as the supreme national goal." The bulk of his article...
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
Yesterday while searching The Korea Times news online for debate topics for my students I stumbled upon an article about Korean adoptees in the editorial section. The article was featured as part of a book about Modern Korea written by Andrei Lankov. This is just another example of how much I continue to learn about myself and my surroundings on a daily basis. What was most amazing to...
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ROK Drop (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
That is the question that Andrei Lankov, one of the North Korean scholars I respect the most, ponders in this editorial in the International Herald Tribune: The recent rumors about the poor health of Kim Jong Il might be unfounded, but the world got a reminder that the North Korean dictator is mortal - and that [...]
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Asia Times (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
In a remarkably blunt speech, former South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun has stressed that any unification of the Korean Peninsula can only follow peace being negotiated with the Pyongyang regime. His remarks come as enthusiasm for unification wanes and hardline tactics to change the North look increasingly unrealistic. - Andrei Lankov (Oct 6, '08)
