Andrei Lankov is Professor of Korean Studies at Kookmin University, Seoul, and Director of NK News. He previously taught Korean History at the Australian National University from 1996–2004 and was director of the Korearisk.com group. Lankov has contributed to the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Financial Times, Newsweek and published many academic articles. Lankov received his PhD from Leningrad State University in 1989.