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Jean served as emcee of the 3rd Annual Women of Impact event held by the East-West Center, where the EWC’s Board of Governors honored President Hilda C. Heine of the Marshall Islands with this year’s Women of Impact Award to celebrate the remarkable achievements of women leaders. Jean also moderated a discussion exploring the role of women in innovation and their impact on addressing critical challenges with Dr. Yanghee Lee, Professor Emeritus, Sungkyunkwan University, Department of Child Psychology and Education; Mona Pasquil Rogers, Director of California Government Engagement, Meta, and Kristen Udui, Graduate Degree Fellow, East-West Center. View photos from the event on Flickr.

On Oct. 15, 2024, Jean spoke at the Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono’s Asia Summit at New Zealand’s Parliament in Welllington, joining leading experts on Asia from New Zealand and offshore to discuss the big trends shaping the region for an event marking the Foundation’s 30th anniversary.

UMG and Korea Press Foundation: Realizing Freedom of Information in North Korea →

December 10, 2015

Korea Press Foundation and Unification Media Group are set to host an event on freedom of information in NK in honor of Human Rights Day.

Global Education Conference

November 18, 2015

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Unification Media Group: #신지은의 통일공감 13회 #진 리 Jean H. Lee (前 AP통신 서울평양 지국장) →

November 9, 2015

#신지은의 #통일공감 #북한의 #평양
평양은 북한의 상징과도 같은 곳인데요.
#김정은과 더불어 #북한지도층이 많이 살고 있는 곳이기도 하죠.
때문에 다른 도시에 비해 엄중한 감시와 통제가 이뤄지고 있습니다.
이런 곳에 #AP통신 #평양지국을 개설한 대담한 여성이 있었다고 합니다.
바로 미국인이자 한국계 2세인 진 리입니다.
통일공감에서 그녀가 북한에서 보고 들은 경험과 언론인의 시각으로서 바라본 평양에 관해 이야기를 나눠봤습니다.

UCLAN Korea Conference

October 14, 2015

Korea Society: Opening Pyongyang →

May 14, 2015

Jean Lee discusses the challenges of reporting on a country considered among the world's worst for press freedom, the role her Korean-American ethnicity played in her interactions with the North Koreans, and her observations on reunification after working as a journalist on both sides of the DMZ.

Oct 10, 2017

Brookings Institution: The path forward: Who is Kim Jong Un?

Leading U.S. experts and former officials to identify actionable policy steps the White House and Congress should take to address the growing threat from North Korea.

Aug 25, 2017

C-SPAN: The Rise and Rule of North Korea's Kim Dynasty

The Sidebar with Steve Scully: As tensions with North Korea rise, this week we examine the history of that country's ruling Kim family. We spoke to Jean H Lee, author of "Kings of Communism: Inside Kim Jong Un's Bloody Scramble to Kill of His Family" in the September edition of Esquire Magazine.

Jun 7, 2017

Chicago Council: NORTH KOREA ON THE BRINK?

What steps should the United States and South Korea take to maintain peace and stability in Northeast Asia?

Dec 6, 2016

Wilson Center: Beyond Caricatures: Writing About the Real North Korea

Award-winning foreign correspondents, researchers and writers on the challenges of writing about North Korea today, from getting on the ground to turning to defectors for information about daily life inside the Hermit Kingdom.

Jul 29, 2016

Aspen Security Forum: Peril on the 38th Parallel

Can Kim Jong Un be stopped before he turns the peninsula, and the region, into a nuclear wasteland? Jean Lee speaks at the Aspen Security Forum.

Korea Society: Opening Pyongyang

Mar 9, 2013

SXSW: Tweets from the DMZ: Social Media in North Korea

Social media has transformed culture, communication, creativity and journalism in every nation on Earth — other than North Korea, of course. Wait — not so fast. What do we really know about social media’s role in the mysterious nation — or what role it could play in the future, in the open or underground? Get some insight and answers to your questions as Associated Press Social Media Editor Eric Carvin leads a conversation with AP Korea bureau chief Jean H. Lee, a social media-savvy journalist with firsthand expertise on the reclusive regime north of the 38th parallel.

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