[12/6/2019] The Crisis that Has Defied Five Presidents: Covering the North Korean Nuclear Program for Three Decades
“The Crisis that Has Defied Five Presidents:
Covering the North Korean Nuclear Program for Three Decades”
Speaker
David E. Sanger
National Security Correspondent and Senior Writer, The New York Times
Moderator
Yonho Kim
Associate Director, the GW Institute for Korean Studies
Date & Time
Friday, December 6th, 2019
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location
Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
Elliott School of International Affairs, the George Washington University
1957 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052
Yonho Kim is Associate Research Professor of Practice and Associate Director of GW Institute for Korean Studies. He specializes in North Korea’s mobile telecommunications and U.S. policy towards North Korea. Kim is the author of North Korea’s Mobile Telecommunications and Private Transportation Services in the Kim Jong-un Era (2019) and Cell Phones in North Korea: Has North Korea Entered the Telecommunications Revolution? (2014). His research findings were covered by various media outlets, including Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Yonhap News, and Libération. Prior to joining GWIKS, he extensively interacted with the Washington policy circle on the Korean peninsula as Senior Researcher of the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Senior Reporter for Voice of America’s Korean Service, and Assistant Director of the Atlantic Council’s Program on Korea in Transition. He holds a B.A. and M.A. in International Relations from Seoul National University, and an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
