Korea On Point by the Sejong Institute aims to provide an open forum for stimulating discourse on the most pressing issues of the Korean Peninsula. Each week, we invite experts from Korea and all around the world to submit their views on a timely prompt selected by our editorial board. The opinions expressed by our invited authors do not necessarily reflect or represent the official positions of Korea On Point by the Sejong Institute or the Sejong Institute. We do not intend to advocate particular views, beliefs, or political preferences; rather, we strive to publish balanced disquisitions on a diverse range of issues and lay bare key points of agreement and divergence among authorities. Ultimately, we aspire to extend this form of collective thinking to further discussions in policy communities and promote reconciliation and resolution in actuality.
WOO Jung-Yeop (on leave)
WOO Jung-Yeop is a research fellow at the Sejong Institute since 2017. He studied at Seoul National University and Georgetown University and received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Before joining Sejong, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Korean Studies Institute at the University of Southern California and served as a research fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies from 2010 to 2017. While at Asan, he also served as director of its DC office from 2014 to 2016.
Kuyoun Chung
Myong-Hyun Go
Dr. Kuyoun Chung is an assistant professor of Political Science at Kangwon National University. Previously, she was a lecturer at the Department of Political Science at UCLA (2011–2012), visiting professor at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (2014–2015), and research fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification (2015–2018). Currently, she serves on the Policy Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Unification, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and ROK Navy. Dr. Chung is also Executive Director of the International Policy Studies Institute Korea (IpsiKor) and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Maritime Security at the Korea Institute for Maritime Strategy. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2011.
Jung Kim
Jungsup Kim
Jaechun Kim
Bo Ram Kwon
YEON Wonho
Associate Editor
Sungwon Lee
Dr. Sungwon Lee is a research fellow at the Sejong Institute. Previously, Dr. Lee served as a research associate at the Center for Foreign Policy and National Security at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Korea (2013-2016). Dr. Lee received his M.A. in International Relations from King’s College London (U.K.) and his Ph.D. in Politics, Languages and International Studies from the University of Bath (U.K.).
Editorial Assistants
Yoona Cho
Yonsei University, Underwood International College
Yoonsea Kang
Seoul National University, Graduate School of International Studies
DoHee Kim
Seoul National University, Doctoral Program in Department of Economics
Yujin Ko
Seoul National University, Graduate School of International Studies
Interns
Jaiyoung Lee
Korea International School
Jinyoung Lee
Korea International School
Davis Kil
Seoul Foreign School
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