Curriculum Vitae

UniKorea Foundation

• Director of Research and Planning · Apr 2026 – present
• Director of Program Development · Apr 2024 – Apr 2026
• Program Manager · Dec 2020 – Apr 2024

Direct the foundation's sponsored research portfolio, international partnerships, and public engagement programming. Previously delivered programmes with more than thirty partner organisations, including the Korea Society, the Stimson Center, RUSI, and the Freeman Spogli Institute.

Emerging Scholar Fellow

Selected for the 2026–27 cohort. Research on elite signalling and regime survival in North Korea.

Editor

Korean-language news platform on North Korea, inter-Korean relations, and unification policy. Approximately 5.94 million cumulative views as of July 2026.

The 80 Million Archive (아카이브8000만)

Open-access search platform for research reports, articles, and books on North Korea, unification, and regional security. Contributed to its development and management.

A Study of Brand Imitation in North Korea: Focusing on Brand Elements

A Study on the Design of North Korean Brand Logos: Trademarks Registered with WIPO under Kim Jong Un

Developing Entrepreneurship in North Korea: Investigating the Case of Choson Exchange

Armed Conflict between the Two Koreas on the Northern Limit Line in the Yellow Sea

A Study on North Korea's Diplomatic Relations with the European Union

Korea Commentator

Sixteen live appearances since December 2023 as a regular Korea analyst, principally on the current-affairs programme Al-Alam Sharqan.

North Korea's imitation of foreign brands, from Choco Pie to Dior — Ep. 302

North Korea filed eleven international trademark and patent applications last year

North Korea has its own Buldak ramen? Inside a lawless zone of knock-offs

Council Member

Unification Education Council Member

Evaluation Committee Member, Gender Equality Fund

Member

Advisory Council Member

Secretary General

Convened a lecture and discussion series for opinion leaders working on the Korean Peninsula, with twelve speakers drawn from former ROK government officials, researchers, and journalists.

Lieutenant

Commissioned through ROTC (54th class). Platoon leader at a coastal guard post and headquarters company commander at battalion level, Gyeongsangnam-do.

Intern

MA, North Korean Studies

BA, South Slavic Studies