Andrei Lankov
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Lankov in November 2010
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| Native name | Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov |
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July 26, 1963 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Other names | Andrei Lankov |
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| Alma mater | Kim Il-sung University |
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| 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.
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.
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. Dr. Lankov has a DPRK-themed Livejournal blog 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 and for Al Jazeera English.
Lankov is fluent in Russian, Korean, and English.
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