https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOq-MNfg5PY/andrei-lankov RSS for Node Fri, 08 May 2026 18:50:00 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-01-17/time-for-the-u-s-to-face-reality-in-north-korea https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-01-17/time-for-the-u-s-to-face-reality-in-north-korea Tue, 17 Jan 2017 01:13:22 GMT This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 25, 2016 shows a test-fire of strategic submarine-launched ballistic missile being launched at an undisclosed location. / AFP / KCNA / KNS / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT / SOUTH KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSTHIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. / (Photo credit should read KNS/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-01-08/stiffer-sanctions-on-north-korea-won-t-work https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-01-08/stiffer-sanctions-on-north-korea-won-t-work Fri, 08 Jan 2016 16:34:20 GMT This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on December 12, 2015 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) inspecting the newly renovated May 9 catfish farm at an undisclosed location in North Korea. REPUBLIC KOREA OUT -- AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP.---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / AFP / KCNA / KNS (Photo credit should read KNS/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2015-05-15/north-korea-s-kim-jong-un-has-a-penchant-for-purges https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2015-05-15/north-korea-s-kim-jong-un-has-a-penchant-for-purges Fri, 15 May 2015 10:44:31 GMT This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 28, 2013 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (R, front) inspecting the August 25 Fishery Station under the Korean People's Army (KPA) Unit 313. AFP PHOTO / KCNA via KNS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAIALBLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. AFP PHOTO / KCNA via KNS ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS --- (Photo credit should read KCNA/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2014-12-23/north-korea-set-to-pay-high-price-for-sony-hack https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2014-12-23/north-korea-set-to-pay-high-price-for-sony-hack Tue, 23 Dec 2014 05:34:34 GMT This handout photograph from North Korea's official Korean Central news Agency on November 27, 2012 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un during a photo session with participants in the national meeting of chiefs of branch social security stations at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Photographer: KNS/AFP via Getty Images https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2014-10-13/life-beyond-north-korea-s-gulag https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2014-10-13/life-beyond-north-korea-s-gulag Tue, 14 Oct 2014 03:47:20 GMT People take part in a demonstration, organized by the French association Reporters Without Borders, in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, on July 9, 2009, to demand the liberation of two US TV reporters, Lisa Ling and Euna Lee, jailed in North Korea since March 17, 2009. Lee and Ling were arrested along the border with China while they were researching a story about refugees fleeing North Korea. AFP PHOTO / BENJAMIN GAVAUDO (Photo credit should read BENJAMIN GAVAUDO/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2014-10-13/north-korea-s-elites-are-a-threat-to-kim https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2014-10-13/north-korea-s-elites-are-a-threat-to-kim Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:57:21 GMT A general view shows the Ryugyong hotel (back L) and the Pyongyang skyline on July 25, 2013. North Korea is preparing to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War which ran from 1950 to 1953, with a series of performances, festivals, and cultural events culminating with a large military parade taking place on July 27. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2014-10-12/kim-jong-un-and-north-korea-s-mysteries https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2014-10-12/kim-jong-un-and-north-korea-s-mysteries Sun, 12 Oct 2014 22:03:44 GMT North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un waves to the crowd during a military parade at Kim Il-Sung square marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean war armistice in Pyongyang on July 27, 2013. North Korea mounted its largest ever military parade on July 27 to mark the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War, displaying its long-range missiles at a ceremony presided over by leader Kim Jong-Un. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-04-09/why-capitalism-won-t-change-north-korea-s-regime https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-04-09/why-capitalism-won-t-change-north-korea-s-regime Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:00:42 GMT