Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov (Russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Ланько́в; born 26 July 1963) is a Russian scholar of Asia and specialist in Korean studies[2] and Director of Korea Risk Group, the parent company of NK News and NK Pro.

[3] Lankov was born on 26 July 1963, in Leningrad, Soviet Union (modern day Saint Petersburg, Russia).

He completed undergraduate and graduate degrees at Leningrad State University in 1986 and 1989, respectively.

[4][5] Following his graduate studies, Lankov taught Korean history and language at his alma mater.

He has written a column for the English-language daily The Korea Times for 15 years[9][10] and also for Bloomberg News[11] and Al Jazeera English.