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Mar 24, 2025

Hawaii Public Radio: East-West Center's inaugural presidential chair talks uncertainty on the Korean Peninsula

Mar 24, 2025

Jean joins The Conversation host Catherine Cruz on Hawai’i Public Radio to discuss political uncertainty in South Korea and the latest crypto heist pinned on North Korean hackers.

Mar 24, 2025

Feb 26, 2025

News release: Jean Lee named East-West Center's inaugural Presidential Chair

Feb 26, 2025

The East-West Center announces the appointment of Jean H. Lee as the Center’s inaugural Presidential Chair.

Feb 26, 2025

Dec 28, 2024

NPR All Things Considered: The latest in South Korea's presidential impeachments

Dec 28, 2024

Jean speaks to Juana Summers, host of NPR’s All Things Considered, to discuss latest developments in South Korea’s ongoing political crisis.

Dec 28, 2024

Dec 8, 2024

MSNBC The Katie Phang Show: South Korea's president survives an impeachment vote after calling for martial law

Dec 8, 2024

Jean joins Katie Phang on MSNBC to discuss the political turmoil in South Korea following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law.

Dec 8, 2024

Dec 3, 2024

BBC Newshour: South Korea reverses martial law

Dec 3, 2024

Jean speaks to BBC’s Newshour program after South Korea’s president reverses course after declaring martial law in a tumultuous night of political upheaval in Seoul.

Dec 3, 2024

New York Times: Martial Law in South Korea Tests Biden and a Key U.S. Alliance

Dec 3, 2024

Jean speaks to the New York Times about the political upheaval in Seoul after President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law.

Dec 3, 2024

Nov 4, 2024

Wall Street Journal: Kim Jong Un’s Risky Embrace of Russia Is About His Regime’s Survival

Nov 4, 2024

Jean is quoted in a Nov. 4, 2024, Wall Street Journal story featuring analysis of Kim Jong Un’s risky embrace of Russia.

Nov 4, 2024

Oct 25, 2024

Julie Mason Show: Jean Lee on North Korean Soldiers in Ukraine

Oct 25, 2024

Jean joins Julie Mason on The Julie Mason Show on SiriusXM to discuss what to make of reports that North Korea is sending troops to Ukraine to fight with Russia.

Oct 25, 2024

Oct 23, 2024

The World Tonight, BBC Radio 4: US: North Korea sending troops to Russia

Oct 23, 2024

Jean joins Julian Worricker on BBC Radio4’s The World Tonight radio show on Oct. 23, 2024, to discuss reports that Washington has seen evidence 3,000 North Korean troops are training in Russia and may be sent to fight in Ukraine.

Oct 23, 2024

Newshour, BBC World Service: Jean Lee on North Korea troops in Russia

Oct 23, 2024

Jean joins the BBC World Service’s Newshour program on Oct. 23, 2024, to discuss news that the US and South Korea have said that about 3,000 troops from North Korea are in Russia, raising concerns that they may fight in Russia war in Ukraine.

Oct 23, 2024

Oct 20, 2024

NPR: Understanding the relationship between Russia and North Korea

Oct 20, 2024

Jean speaks to Rob Schmitz on NPR’s All Things Considered about the relationship between Russia and North Korea.

Oct 20, 2024

Jun 19, 2024

CBC Crime Story podcast: Lazarus Heist: Inside North Korea’s army of cyber hackers

Jun 19, 2024

From Hollywood hacks to billion-dollar heists, North Korea is rewriting the rules of cyber warfare. Learn all about the regime's elite hackers with Jean Lee.

Jun 19, 2024

CNN Erin Burnett Out Front: Putin and Kim make strongest military deal in decades

Jun 19, 2024

Jean joins CNN’s Erin Burnett and investigative journalist Christo Grozev for CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront to discuss President Vladimir Putin’s trip to Pyongyang.

Jun 19, 2024

Jun 17, 2024

BBC The Global Story: North Korea: Why Putin and Xi are courting Kim

Jun 17, 2024

The war in Ukraine has shifted the balance of power between Moscow, Pyongyang, and Beijing. As the geopolitical landscape evolves, new alliances and meetings come into focus. After Vladimir Putin's visit to China in May, there are now reports of an imminent meeting between the Russian President and Kim Jong Un. The North Korean leader has recently hailed his country's ties with Russia, saying the two nations are "invincible comrades-in-arms."

Katya speaks to the host of the BBC’s Lazarus Heist podcast, Jean Lee, and the Financial Times’ Seoul bureau chief, Christian Davies. They discuss what North Korea's end game is and how worried the rest of the world should be.

Jun 17, 2024

Nov 26, 2023

DW: North Korea's most powerful woman | DW Documentary

Nov 26, 2023

She's probably the most powerful woman in North Korea: Kim Yo Jong, the dictator’s younger sister. She’s viewed as an emotionless and shrewd strategist for her brother, the North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un. But just who is the "Red Princess"?

Nov 26, 2023

Oct 10, 2023

Beyond Utopia documentary

Oct 10, 2023

The gripping story of families who risk everything escaping North Korea.

Oct 10, 2023

Recent media appearances

Featured

Mar 24, 2025

Hawaii Public Radio: East-West Center's inaugural presidential chair talks uncertainty on the Korean Peninsula

Mar 24, 2025

Jean joins The Conversation host Catherine Cruz on Hawai’i Public Radio to discuss political uncertainty in South Korea and the latest crypto heist pinned on North Korean hackers.

Mar 24, 2025

Feb 26, 2025

News release: Jean Lee named East-West Center's inaugural Presidential Chair

Feb 26, 2025

The East-West Center announces the appointment of Jean H. Lee as the Center’s inaugural Presidential Chair.

Feb 26, 2025

Dec 28, 2024

NPR All Things Considered: The latest in South Korea's presidential impeachments

Dec 28, 2024

Jean speaks to Juana Summers, host of NPR’s All Things Considered, to discuss latest developments in South Korea’s ongoing political crisis.

Dec 28, 2024

Dec 8, 2024

MSNBC The Katie Phang Show: South Korea's president survives an impeachment vote after calling for martial law

Dec 8, 2024

Jean joins Katie Phang on MSNBC to discuss the political turmoil in South Korea following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law.

Dec 8, 2024

Dec 3, 2024

BBC Newshour: South Korea reverses martial law

Dec 3, 2024

Jean speaks to BBC’s Newshour program after South Korea’s president reverses course after declaring martial law in a tumultuous night of political upheaval in Seoul.

Dec 3, 2024

New York Times: Martial Law in South Korea Tests Biden and a Key U.S. Alliance

Dec 3, 2024

Jean speaks to the New York Times about the political upheaval in Seoul after President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law.

Dec 3, 2024

Nov 4, 2024

Wall Street Journal: Kim Jong Un’s Risky Embrace of Russia Is About His Regime’s Survival

Nov 4, 2024

Jean is quoted in a Nov. 4, 2024, Wall Street Journal story featuring analysis of Kim Jong Un’s risky embrace of Russia.

Nov 4, 2024

Oct 25, 2024

Julie Mason Show: Jean Lee on North Korean Soldiers in Ukraine

Oct 25, 2024

Jean joins Julie Mason on The Julie Mason Show on SiriusXM to discuss what to make of reports that North Korea is sending troops to Ukraine to fight with Russia.

Oct 25, 2024

Oct 23, 2024

The World Tonight, BBC Radio 4: US: North Korea sending troops to Russia

Oct 23, 2024

Newshour, BBC World Service: Jean Lee on North Korea troops in Russia

Oct 23, 2024

Oct 20, 2024

NPR: Understanding the relationship between Russia and North Korea

Oct 20, 2024

Jean speaks to Rob Schmitz on NPR’s All Things Considered about the relationship between Russia and North Korea.

Oct 20, 2024

Aug 4, 2024

BBC: North Korea performs diplomatic gymnastics in Olympic comeback

Aug 4, 2024

The North’s participation in these Games signalled a “remarkable” return to the international fold, suggested Jean H Lee, a former Associated Press journalist who opened the US news agency’s first bureau in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.

Aug 4, 2024

Jun 19, 2024

CBC Crime Story podcast: Lazarus Heist: Inside North Korea’s army of cyber hackers

Jun 19, 2024

From Hollywood hacks to billion-dollar heists, North Korea is rewriting the rules of cyber warfare. Learn all about the regime's elite hackers with Jean Lee.

Jun 19, 2024

CNN Erin Burnett Out Front: Putin and Kim make strongest military deal in decades

Jun 19, 2024

Jean joins CNN’s Erin Burnett and investigative journalist Christo Grozev for CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront to discuss President Vladimir Putin’s trip to Pyongyang.

Jun 19, 2024

Jun 17, 2024

BBC The Global Story: North Korea: Why Putin and Xi are courting Kim

Jun 17, 2024

May 29, 2024

Voice of America: North Korea sends poop-filled balloons into South

May 29, 2024

Jean speaks to William Gallo of the Voice of America about North Korea’s campaign to send balloons filled with garbage across the DMZ to South Korea.

May 29, 2024

Jan 31, 2024

Jean Lee on the Julie Mason Show for SiriusXM

Jan 31, 2024

Jean Lee joins the Juie Mason Show to discuss threats from North Korea.

Jan 31, 2024

Jan 26, 2024

New York Times: U.S. Is Watching North Korea for Signs of Lethal Military Action

Jan 26, 2024

“The statements and policy changes are part of a broader strategy to destabilize and create anxiety,” said Jean H. Lee, a fellow at the East-West Center in Honolulu.

Jan 26, 2024

Jan 17, 2024

Wall Street Journal: Kim Jong Un Has a New Enemy No. 1—and It Isn’t the U.S.

Jan 17, 2024

Others caution that the latest shift is likely part of a familiar playbook for North Korea. “Given the political landscape, North Korea is looking for new and novel ways to ramp up tensions,” said Jean H. Lee, a visiting fellow at the East-West Center, a Honolulu-based think tank. “Calling South Korea Enemy No. 1 is a tactic Kim Jong Un may hope will spark some anxiety in the region and unease among South Koreans.”

Jan 17, 2024

Jan 9, 2024

Hawaii Public Radio: Journalist who reported from North Korea shares experience

Jan 9, 2024

Jean Lee speaks to Russell Subiono from Hawaii Public Radio’s The Conversation show.

Jan 9, 2024

ARCHIVE

March 2025
- Mar 24, 2025 Hawaii Public Radio: East-West Center's inaugural presidential chair talks uncertainty on the Korean Peninsula
February 2025
- Feb 26, 2025 News release: Jean Lee named East-West Center's inaugural Presidential Chair
December 2024
- Dec 28, 2024 NPR All Things Considered: The latest in South Korea's presidential impeachments
- Dec 8, 2024 MSNBC The Katie Phang Show: South Korea's president survives an impeachment vote after calling for martial law
- Dec 3, 2024 BBC Newshour: South Korea reverses martial law
- Dec 3, 2024 New York Times: Martial Law in South Korea Tests Biden and a Key U.S. Alliance
November 2024
- Nov 4, 2024 Wall Street Journal: Kim Jong Un’s Risky Embrace of Russia Is About His Regime’s Survival
October 2024
- Oct 25, 2024 Julie Mason Show: Jean Lee on North Korean Soldiers in Ukraine
- Oct 23, 2024 The World Tonight, BBC Radio 4: US: North Korea sending troops to Russia
- Oct 23, 2024 Newshour, BBC World Service: Jean Lee on North Korea troops in Russia
- Oct 20, 2024 NPR: Understanding the relationship between Russia and North Korea
August 2024
- Aug 4, 2024 BBC: North Korea performs diplomatic gymnastics in Olympic comeback
June 2024
- Jun 19, 2024 CBC Crime Story podcast: Lazarus Heist: Inside North Korea’s army of cyber hackers
- Jun 19, 2024 CNN Erin Burnett Out Front: Putin and Kim make strongest military deal in decades
- Jun 17, 2024 BBC The Global Story: North Korea: Why Putin and Xi are courting Kim
May 2024
- May 29, 2024 Voice of America: North Korea sends poop-filled balloons into South
January 2024
- Jan 31, 2024 Jean Lee on the Julie Mason Show for SiriusXM
- Jan 26, 2024 New York Times: U.S. Is Watching North Korea for Signs of Lethal Military Action
- Jan 17, 2024 Wall Street Journal: Kim Jong Un Has a New Enemy No. 1—and It Isn’t the U.S.
- Jan 9, 2024 Hawaii Public Radio: Journalist who reported from North Korea shares experience
November 2023
- Nov 26, 2023 DW: North Korea's most powerful woman | DW Documentary
October 2023
- Oct 10, 2023 Beyond Utopia documentary
September 2023
- Sep 13, 2023 PBS NewsHour: Concerns grow as Kim Jong Un pledges support for Putin's war in Ukraine
- Sep 12, 2023 NPR Consider This: What Putin and Kim Jong Un Stand to Gain by Meeting
- Sep 12, 2023 NPR All Things Considered: Putin's meeting with Kim Jong Un is about getting weapons and ammunition, experts say
- Sep 11, 2023 CNN's Erin Burnett Out Front: Kim Jong Un heads to Russia
- Sep 4, 2023 CNN: Kim Jong Un may meet with Vladimir Putin in Russia
- Sep 4, 2023 New York Times: Kim Jong-un and Putin Plan to Meet in Russia to Discuss Weapons
August 2023
- Aug 18, 2023 New York Times: Biden Welcomes South Korea’s Efforts to Warm Relations With Japan
July 2023
- Jul 26, 2023 Voice of America: American Journalist Recalls Life as Reporter Inside North Korea
- Jul 25, 2023 CBC Radio the Current Q&A: Detained American soldiers often used as 'bargaining chips' by North Korea: journalist
- Jul 25, 2023 The Current with Matt Galloway: The fate of a U.S. soldier who ran into North Korea
June 2023
- Jun 16, 2023 CyberWire's Hacking Humans: Lazarus Group: Breaking down the evolution
- Jun 15, 2023 BBC The Context: Commentary on BBC report, "North Korea: The Insiders"
April 2023
- Apr 28, 2023 Washington Journal: Jean Lee on U.S.-South Korean Relations and Biden Asia Policy
- Apr 22, 2023 The Lawfare Podcast: The Lazarus Heist: Season 2, with Jean Lee and Geoff White
- Apr 3, 2023 FT: The Lazarus Heist returns with more outlandish tales of fraud and skulduggery
March 2023
- Mar 27, 2023 BBC: Outside Source
- Mar 27, 2023 BBC: Global News Podcast
- Mar 17, 2023 BBC: South Korea-Japan summit
- Mar 15, 2023 BBC: The hackers are back: BBC’s The Lazarus Heist returns for season two
- Mar 6, 2023 Sky News Daily: What's going on with Kim Jong Un and his daughter?
February 2023
- Feb 14, 2023 CNN: New signs Kim Jong Un is placing daughter in line for succession
- Feb 9, 2023 NPR Morning Edition: Kim Jong Un made another rare public appearance alongside his daughter Kim Ju Ae
- Feb 3, 2023 Julie Mason Mornings on Sirius XM: Spy Balloon
- Feb 1, 2023 RealClearDefense podcast Hotwash: North Korea's Cyber-Warriors with Jean Lee
January 2023
- Jan 8, 2023 Arte: Le dessous des images: Le dictateur fait son cinéma
November 2022
- Nov 2, 2022 BBC World News Impact with Yalda Hakim
October 2022
- Oct 4, 2022 Wall Street Journal: North Korea Tests World’s Resolve by Sending Missile Over Japan
September 2022
- Sep 22, 2022 Julie Mason Mornings on Sirius XM: Jean Lee on North Korea Threat
- Sep 12, 2022 BBC: The Lazarus Heist: Live in New York!
May 2022
- May 26, 2022 PBS Newshour: North Korea scrambles to contain coronavirus outbreak
- May 25, 2022 Arirang TV: [NEWS IN-DEPTH] N. Korea's latest missile launches prompt allied show of force, condemnation
- May 19, 2022 NPR All Things Considered: North Korea is reporting a major disease outbreak, but it's not calling it COVID
- May 14, 2022 BBC World Service
April 2022
- Apr 14, 2022 Peabody Awards: 82nd Annual Peabody Nominees Announced
- Apr 14, 2022 ABC: Between the Lines with Tom Switzer
February 2022
- Feb 28, 2022 BBC Radio 5 Live: The Trillion Dollar Conman
- Feb 26, 2022 Wall Street Journal: North Korea Launches Suspected Ballistic Missile Off Its East Coast
- Feb 25, 2022 Gimlet Media: Not Past it Korea's Olympic Dream
November 2021
- Nov 13, 2021 GZERO World podcast: A Tale of Two Koreas With Veteran Korea Journalist Jean Lee
- Nov 10, 2021 GZERO World: South Korea's Moment
October 2021
- Oct 29, 2021 VoA: 집권 10년 '김정은주의' 등장...미 전문가들 "홀로서기" "경제난 속 우상화 강화"
- Oct 24, 2021 New York magazine: The Best Podcasts of 2021 (So Far)
- Oct 13, 2021 NPR's Morning Edition: North Korea's Kim Jong Un promises to build an 'invincible military'
September 2021
- Sep 14, 2021 Columbia College Today: A Journalist’s Unmatched Access
- Sep 14, 2021 NPR: North Korean Missile Was A 'Cleverly Calculated Test'
- Sep 12, 2021 CNN The Situation Room: Kim Jong un boasts a svelte new look
- Sep 11, 2021 Voice of America: 미 전문가 "김정은, 열병식에서 '건강한 이미지' 연출...김일성 모습도 연상"
- Sep 8, 2021 Al Jazeera's The Stream: Why is North Korea resuming its nuclear programme?
August 2021
- Aug 30, 2021 Wall Street Journal: North Korea’s Apparent Plutonium Moves Boost Nuclear Program, Invite U.S. Attention
July 2021
- Jul 22, 2021 BBC Newshour: Why are South Korean bands and slang now banned in North Korea?
- Jul 17, 2021 Voice of America's Washington Talk on North Korea's economic hardships
- Jul 3, 2021 VoA Korean Service: “북한 장마당 기능 마비"..."인도주의 위기 상황 대비해야"
June 2021
- Jun 28, 2021 Japan Times: As North Korea and U.S. vie for leverage, nuclear talks likely a long way off
April 2021
- Apr 18, 2021 The Lazarus Heist, a major new original podcast from the BBC World Service
March 2021
- Mar 30, 2021 NPR WBUR: Biden Doesn't Plan To Meet With Kim Jong Un, White House Says. What's Next For North Korea?
February 2021
- Feb 28, 2021 National Geographic's North Korea: Inside the Mind of a Dictator
October 2020
- Oct 19, 2020 BBC World Service: How dangerous is North Korea?
- Oct 16, 2020 CJR: Medical Mystery
- Oct 10, 2020 New York Times: North Korea Unveils What Appears to Be New ICBM During Military Parade
- Oct 10, 2020 Washington Post: ‘A Dear Leader approach’: Trump’s critics compare his shows of strength around coronavirus to authoritarian tactics
- Oct 9, 2020 Washington Post: Trump’s dream of a Nobel Peace Prize kept alive by far-flung foreign allies
- Oct 8, 2020 Wall Street Journal: North Korea Loves Military Parades—Will Kim Jong Un Bring Out the Big Guns?
July 2020
- Jul 17, 2020 NPR 1A: Coronavirus 102: The Latest Pandemic Guidance
- Jul 16, 2020 NPR: How To Stay Safe And Healthy As Coronavirus Cases Rise
May 2020
- May 5, 2020 Washington Post: Kim Jong Un appears to be alive after all. So why did CNN and other news outlets report he was on his deathbed?
April 2020
- Apr 28, 2020 Blu Radio: ¿Kim Jong-un está vivo o muerto?
- Apr 27, 2020 Fox Business: If Kim Jong Un is unwell, North Korea will likely go on lockdown to prepare succession plan: Expert
- Apr 27, 2020 NBC Today Show: Where is Kim Jong-un? Speculation intensifies over North Korean leader’s health
- Apr 25, 2020 PBS NewsHour: Where is North Korea’s Kim Jong Un? An expert weighs in
- Apr 25, 2020 New York Times: Where Is Kim Jong-un? How Experts Track North Korea's Leader
- Apr 20, 2020 NPR All Things Considered: U.S. Holds Line On North Korea Sanctions, As U.N. Details How The Country Evades Them
March 2020
- Mar 6, 2020 Washington Post: With coronavirus, North Korea’s isolation is a possible buffer but also a worry
- Mar 5, 2020 BBC: Art of Now North Korea
February 2020
- Feb 17, 2020 The Asia Group's Tea Leaves podcast with Kurt Campbell and Joseph Yun
January 2020
- Jan 5, 2020 NBC News: North Korea signals end of nuclear-test suspension, promises 'new' weapon
- Jan 1, 2020 New York Times: What Kim Jong-un’s Latest Threats Say About His Trump Strategy
December 2019
- Dec 31, 2019 Wall Street Journal: North Korea’s Kim, Before New Year’s Address, Vows ‘Offensive’ Measures
October 2019
- Oct 6, 2019 Wall Street Journal: North Korea says US misleading public over talks progress
- Oct 5, 2019 BBC Newshour: Jean Lee on resumption of working-level US-DPRK talks
- Oct 4, 2019 Washington Post: As nuclear talks resume, some fear Trump has already given Kim what he wanted: A spot on the world stage
September 2019
- Sep 12, 2019 Washington Post: ‘I don’t blame Kim Jong Un’: In dismissing Bolton, Trump sides with North Korean leader — again
- Sep 10, 2019 The Guardian: Inside the bizarre, bungled raid on North Korea's Madrid embassy
July 2019
- Jul 28, 2019 Washington Talk on Voice of America
- Jul 11, 2019 Quoted in New York Times: Trump’s Asia Gamble: Shatter Enduring Strategies on China and North Korea
- Jul 2, 2019 NBC News: A closer look into Trump and Kim’s relationship
- Jul 2, 2019 Jean Lee on NPR All Things Considered on Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un meeting at DMZ
June 2019
- Jun 30, 2019 CBS Face the Nation: What does Trump's meeting with Kim mean for nuclear talks?
May 2019
- May 25, 2019 Radio Free Asia: “대북지원 이뤄져도 핵협상 영향 미미”
- May 23, 2019 CNN The Situation Room: North Korean propaganda gets makeover to appeal to youth
- May 6, 2019 NPR Morning Edition: North Korea Conducts Another Missile Test
April 2019
- Apr 11, 2019 NPR All Things Considered: Where Relations Stand Between The U.S., South Korea And North Korea
March 2019
- Mar 24, 2019 The Nation: North Korea Through the Eyes of an American Dissident
- Mar 1, 2019 CBS News: Trump and Kim to meet in Hanoi for second summit
- Mar 1, 2019 New Yorker: After All the Swagger, Trump’s Talks with North Korea Collapse
February 2019
- Feb 28, 2019 New York Times: Trump’s Talks With Kim Jong-un Collapse Over North Korean Sanctions
- Feb 27, 2019 New York Times: Trump Meets Kim Jong-un to Start Summit Talks
- Feb 27, 2019 NPR: What Has Been Accomplished Since The First Trump-Kim Summit?
- Feb 26, 2019 Fox News: Kim Jong Un faces mounting pressure to get sanctions relief for North Korea
- Feb 26, 2019 CNN: Trump Kim summit: What does a win for North Korea look like in Hanoi?
- Feb 11, 2019 PBS documentary: The Dictator's Playbook, Episode 1, Kim Il Sung
- Feb 9, 2019 Discussing the upcoming Trump-Kim summit on VoA's Washington Talk TV show
- Feb 4, 2019 Washington Post: He helped Trump confront North Korea. Now Ji Seong-ho wonders whether human rights will be left behind.
January 2019
- Jan 31, 2019 Quoted in the New York Times: U.S. Appears to Soften Timing for List of North Korea’s Nuclear Assets
- Jan 18, 2019 NPR: Who Is North Korean Diplomat Kim Yong-Chol?
November 2018
- Nov 22, 2018 National Geographic: Inside North Korea's Dynasty
October 2018
- Oct 28, 2018 ABC national radio in Australia: North Korea from the Inside
September 2018
- Sep 18, 2018 NPR Here and Now: Kim Jong Un Agrees To Shut Missile Site, On One Major Condition
August 2018
- Aug 15, 2018 New York Times: Why Is the U.S. Wary of a Declaration to End the Korean War?
July 2018
- Jul 13, 2018 CNBC: The US is trying to nail down terms with Pyongyang, while 'South Koreans aren't wasting time'
June 2018
- Jun 13, 2018 Washington Post: Documentary shows Trump saluting North Korean general
- Jun 10, 2018 NPR: What Daily Life In North Korea Looks Like
- Jun 10, 2018 CNN: Analysis: The moment the US treated North Korea "as an equal"
- Jun 6, 2018 Politico: Will Trump stand up for free press in Singapore?
- Jun 6, 2018 CBS News' Face the Nation
- Jun 6, 2018 BBC: Kim Jong-un: The new kid on the diplomatic block
May 2018
- May 27, 2018 NPR Weekend Edition: Latest on the North Korea Summit
April 2018
- Apr 26, 2018 NPR: What To Know About North And South Korea's Leaders Ahead Of Their Summit
- Apr 25, 2018 NPR: What To Expect From Friday's Summit Between North And South Korea
- Apr 10, 2018 Award-Winning Reporter Jean Lee to Lead Wilson Center’s Korea Studies
March 2018
- Mar 10, 2018 The Diplomat: What Does a Trump-Kim Meeting Mean for China?
- Mar 8, 2018 Washington Post: A North Korean propaganda film foretold proposed talks between Trump and Kim Jong Un
February 2018
- Feb 22, 2018 VICE News Tonight: Binge watching North Korean TV is surreal — and educational
- Feb 21, 2018 VICE News Tonight (HBO): North Korean soap operas
- Feb 19, 2018 CNBC: North Korea is at the Olympics — but North Koreans probably won't get to see much of it
- Feb 13, 2018 Vice News Tonight|HBO on Instagram
- Feb 10, 2018 NPR's All Things Considered: The Political Gamesmanship Behind The 2018 Winter Olympics
- Feb 3, 2018 Fox News: North Korea pushing 'vanity projects' as Olympics near
January 2018
- Jan 28, 2018 AP: Chloe Kim: California kid heads to South Korea's games
- Jan 25, 2018 SCMP: Lessons for today of USS Pueblo’s 1968 capture by North Korea
- Jan 22, 2018 New York Times: A Few Questions for Our 52 Places Traveler
- Jan 19, 2018 Business Insider: Go inside the North Korean ski field where South Korea will join the North for Winter Olympics training
- Jan 18, 2018 NPR WBUR Here and Now: North Korean Olympic performers 'propaganda coup'
- Jan 13, 2018 BBC World Service: The World This Week
- Jan 10, 2018 ABC The World: North Korea to send athletes to Olympics in South after high-level talks
- Jan 8, 2018 NPR, All Things Considered: North Koreans' Attitudes Of The U.S.
- Jan 8, 2018 Global News: Buy North Korean: the country’s push for more domestic goods on store shelves
December 2017
- Dec 23, 2017 NBC News: How Kim Jong Un bested Donald Trump in the slugfest that was 2017
- Dec 19, 2017 MPR: Brinkmanship: The U.S. and North Korea
- Dec 18, 2017 BBC Newshour: Inside North Korea's Soap Operas
- Dec 11, 2017 Washington Post: What you can learn from watching North Korean soap operas
- Dec 10, 2017 Korean Kontext: What Can North Korean Soap Operas Tell Us About Kim Jong-un’s Priorities?
- Dec 3, 2017 Global News: How North Korea is using TV sitcoms as state propaganda
- Dec 1, 2017 KEI: Press Release | Soap Operas and Socialism: Dissecting Kim Jong-un’s Evolving Policy Priorities through TV Dramas in North Korea
November 2017
- Nov 29, 2017 CNBC: How Kim Jong Un is using TV dramas to change North Korea
- Nov 22, 2017 Zocalo: Our Caricatured Views of North Korea Are Dangerous
- Nov 7, 2017 'Wild card' Trump heads into North Korea's line of sight
October 2017
- Oct 29, 2017 Wilson Center: Trump’s Asia Visit and North Korea Fever
September 2017
- Sep 21, 2017 New York Times: Kim Jong-un Called Trump a ‘Dotard.’ What Does That Even Mean?
- Sep 6, 2017 WNYC The Brian Lehrer Show: North Korea Continues to Test Bombs
- Sep 6, 2017 John Batchelor Show: Where in the world is Kim Han Sol?
- Sep 5, 2017 PBS NewsHour: How South Koreans are responding to pressure on North Korea from Trump
- Sep 5, 2017 CNN: N. Korea believed to be moving intercontinental missile, Seoul lawmaker says, by Taehoon Lee and Josh Berlinger
- Sep 4, 2017 CNN: U.S., South Korea to deploy military assets, Sept. 4, 2017
August 2017
- Aug 30, 2017 BBC NewsHour: Missile Launch a 'prelude' says North Korea, Aug. 30, 2017
- Aug 30, 2017 Foreign Policy: Should You Go to North Korea While You Still Can? By Eric Fish
- Aug 29, 2017 BBC Radio 4 Today on Aug. 29, 2017
- Aug 29, 2017 BBC Radio Scotland: Good Morning Scotland on Aug. 29, 2017
- Aug 25, 2017 CNN International: S. Korean Court to Rule in Samsung Corruption Case
- Aug 25, 2017 C-SPAN: The Rise and Rule of North Korea's Kim Dynasty
- Aug 10, 2017 BBC Newshour: North Korea's Guam Missile Threats
- Aug 7, 2017 Al Jazeera: US, South Korea laud new UN sanctions on Pyongyang
- Aug 7, 2017 CNBC: North Korea sanctions could trigger more missiles and test US-China ties
July 2017
- Jul 21, 2017 BBC World Business Report: North Korea Economy Surges Despite Sanctions
- Jul 5, 2017 La Reppublica: Jean H. Lee: Ma Forse Pechino non controlla più il pericoloso vicino nordcoreano
April 2017
- Apr 17, 2017 John Batchelor Show: South Korea election in the midst of North Korean provocation
- Apr 15, 2017 PBS NewsHour: North Korea rebukes US as Navy strike group advances
February 2017
- Feb 24, 2017 PBS NewsHour: Chemical weapon killed Kim Jong Un’s half-brother
- Feb 22, 2017 BBC: North Korean Diplomat Now a Suspect in Death of Kim Jong Nam
May 2016
- May 6, 2016 NPR: This Weekend, Kim Jong Un Will Be Heard, Unlike His More Elusive Father
February 2016
- Feb 10, 2016 AP Foreign Correspondents in Action World War II to the Present
January 2016
- Jan 8, 2016 War College: In North Korea, kids learn to love the bomb – and Minnie Mouse
September 2015
- Sep 5, 2015 KOREAN FOOD MADE SIMPLE WITH JUDY JOO
July 2015
- Jul 7, 2015 VICE: North Korea Has Publicly Executed 1,382 People Since 2000, Report Claims
May 2015
- May 19, 2015 EITB: Jean H Lee nos cuenta lo difícil que es informar desde Corea del Norte
- May 16, 2015 CNN: 100 days: Family has no word on Canadian pastor held in North Korea
March 2015
- Mar 15, 2015 CNN: Beyond the DMZ: Tweeting from North Korea
February 2015
- Feb 12, 2015 Vanity Fair: Understanding Kim Jong Un, the world's most enigmatic and unpredictable dictator
January 2015
- Jan 28, 2015 BBC World Service: What Does Kim Jong Un Want?
- Jan 28, 2015 BBC: What does Kim Jong Un Want? Jan. 28, 2015
- Jan 16, 2015 Wilson Center: Jean H. Lee Joins the Wilson Center's NKIDP as a Public Policy Fellow
- Jan 8, 2015 조선일보: [통일이 미래다] "北주민 성취욕·교육열 대단… 희망 봤다"
April 2014
- Apr 21, 2014 The Guardian: North Korea experts on Twitter
February 2014
- Feb 15, 2014 CNN: World's most exotic luxury ski resort? Hitting the slopes at Masik, North Korea
- Feb 12, 2014 BBC: What is it like to ski in North Korea?
November 2013
- Nov 19, 2013 Yonhap News: AP 초대 평양지국장 "北 경제 강조는 변화의 신호"
August 2013
- Aug 13, 2013 FP: Twitterati 100
July 2013
- Jul 24, 2013 Al Jazeera: The first Instagram videos from North Korea
- Jul 24, 2013 Petapixel: AP Photographers Upload First Instagram Videos from Inside North Korea
April 2013
- Apr 1, 2013 HuffPost: AP’s North Korea Bureau Offers Glimpse Inside Country Amid Restrictions
March 2013
- Mar 31, 2013 VN Express: Liệu Triều Tiên có hiện thực hóa chiến tranh
- Mar 30, 2013 El Observador: El régimen de la retórica mística
- Mar 30, 2013 Der Westen: Twitter bietet seltene Einblicke in den nordkoreanischen Alltag
- Mar 29, 2013 New Focus Intl: Exclusive: Glimpses Behind-the-Scenes of Dennis Rodman’s Trip to North Korea
- Mar 21, 2013 Le Monde: La Corée du Nord en direct sur Skype
- Mar 13, 2013 Washington Post: A rare glimpse of North Korea’s version of Facebook
- Mar 11, 2013 Austin Chronicle: Social Media in North Korea The AP bureau chief from Pyongyang on cell service, Instagram, etc.
- Mar 11, 2013 Buzzfeed: A Rare Glimpse At North Korea's Tech Culture
- Mar 10, 2013 RTV SLO: Čivkanje iz Severne Koreje in digitalna revolucija
- Mar 1, 2013 Bend Bulletin: Tweeting in North Korea Tweets, pics give real-time peek into North Korea
- Mar 1, 2013 Copy of Bend Bulletin: Tweeting in North Korea Tweets, pics give real-time peek into North Korea
February 2013
- Feb 28, 2013 AP: @AP views of North Korea via Instagram and the wire
- Feb 28, 2013 Macleans: Jean H. Lee's Instagram from North Korea
- Feb 28, 2013 ABC News: Instagram Opens Lens on North Korea
- Feb 28, 2013 Engadget: Instagram, Twitter posts begin to flow from North Korean 3G network
- Feb 26, 2013 Daily Mail: The first Instagram photos posted from North Korea: Colorful images prove app can make the grimmest of places look beautiful
- Feb 25, 2013 Daily Mail: The First Instagram Pics Taken from Inside North Korea
- Feb 25, 2013 QZ: The mobile web is alive in North Korea as tweets and Instagram photos trickle out
January 2013
- Jan 13, 2013 VOA: [인터뷰] 존 대너셰프스키 AP 부사장 "올해 본사기자 평양 상주 기대"
August 2012
- Aug 12, 2012 CJR: The AP’s North Korea bureau
July 2012
- Jul 29, 2012 Welt: Nordkoreas PC-Revolution: Regime in Pjöngjang investiert in die IT-Ausbildung der Jugendlichen
June 2012
- Jun 6, 2012 KCNA: Delegation of Associated Press arrives in Pyongyang, North Korea, 6th June 2012
April 2012
- Apr 11, 2012 KoreAm: Inside North Korea
- Apr 8, 2012 NBC News: A rare peek inside North Korea
January 2012
- Jan 24, 2012 Haaretz: AP's Senior Editor Tells Haaretz: Pyongyang Reports Will Not Be Censored read more: http://www.haaretz.com/ap-s-senior-editor-tells-haaretz-pyongyang-reports-will-not-be-censored-1.408871
August 2011
- Aug 1, 2011 The Atlantic: Inside North Korea
June 2011
- Jun 29, 2011 Foreign Policy: Will the AP's New Pyongyang Bureau be Allowed to do Real Reporting
- Jun 28, 2011 Poytner: AP to Open Bureau in North Korea
- Jun 28, 2011 Huffington Post: Associated Press Opening North Korea Bureau

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