ARCHIVE of writing by jean h. lee

September 2025
- Sep 8, 2025 BBC: The Lazarus Heist: S2 Special: The Biggest Heist Yet Sep 8, 2025
July 2025
- Jul 2, 2025 AP: Tides of the Times Divide, Then Unite Korean Family Jul 2, 2025
April 2023
- Apr 8, 2023 BBC: The Lazarus Heist: S2, Ep 2: Big Boss Apr 8, 2023
- Apr 4, 2023 BBC: Lazarus Heist: The intercontinental ATM theft that netted $14m in two hours Apr 4, 2023
March 2023
- Mar 27, 2023 BBC: The Lazarus Heist: S2, Ep 1: Jackpotting Mar 27, 2023
- Mar 26, 2023 BBC: The Lazarus Heist Mar 26, 2023
- Mar 10, 2023 BBC: The Lazarus Heist: Season 2 trailer Mar 10, 2023
September 2022
- Sep 20, 2022 BBC: The Lazarus Heist - LIVE! Sep 20, 2022
June 2022
- Jun 8, 2022 New York Times Opinion: There’s a Reason Kim Jong-un Wants Us to Know About North Korea’s Covid Outbreak Jun 8, 2022
March 2022
- Mar 14, 2022 New York Times Opinion: Kim Jong-un Is Just Getting Started Mar 14, 2022
June 2021
- Jun 21, 2021 BBC: The Lazarus Heist: How North Korea almost pulled off a billion-dollar hack Jun 21, 2021
May 2021
- May 3, 2021 BBC: The Lazarus Heist: S1 Ep. 3: Superdollars May 3, 2021
April 2021
- Apr 27, 2021 BBC: The Lazarus Heist, S1, Ep2: Disaster Movie Apr 27, 2021
- Apr 18, 2021 BBC: The Lazarus Heist, S1, Ep1: Hacking Hollywood Apr 18, 2021
- Apr 8, 2021 BBC: Introducing the Lazarus Heist Apr 8, 2021
March 2021
- Mar 3, 2021 Asia Dispatches: Goodbye, Pyongyang: As North Korea’s isolation deepens, foreign diplomats take drastic measures to leave Mar 3, 2021
October 2020
- Oct 13, 2020 Asia Dispatches: Ten Years after Debut, North Korea’s Kim Celebrates Nuclear Accomplishments - And Acknowledges Hardships Oct 13, 2020
June 2020
- Jun 20, 2020 Wilson Quarterly: Guns and Hunger Jun 20, 2020
April 2020
- Apr 24, 2020 Wilson Center: History Tells Us How North Korea Would Handle the Death of Kim Jong-un Apr 24, 2020
- Apr 23, 2020 CFTNI: History Tells Us How North Korea Would Handle the Death of Kim Jong Un Apr 23, 2020
- Apr 8, 2020 Asia Dispatches: Using tech to fight the virus: How much privacy are South Koreans relinquishing in the battle against COVID-19? Apr 8, 2020
March 2020
- Mar 27, 2020 Prospect: How South Korea flattened the curve Mar 27, 2020
February 2020
- Feb 11, 2020 Asia Dispatches: Korea Rising: Why We’re Celebrating Parasite’s Big Oscar Night Feb 11, 2020
June 2019
- Jun 28, 2019 Australian Outlook: The Wooing of Kim Jong Un: Love Letters and Lavish Banquets Jun 28, 2019
- Jun 24, 2019 World Economic Forum Q&A: Can North Korea and the U.S. strike a nuclear deal? Jun 24, 2019
April 2019
- Apr 24, 2019 Asia Dispatches: Post-Hanoi, North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Turns Diplomatic Attention to Moscow Apr 24, 2019
January 2019
- Jan 22, 2019 Asia Dispatches: We Need a Roadmap: Second Trump-Kim Summit Needs to Be More Than Just Another Photo Op Jan 22, 2019
September 2018
- Sep 19, 2018 Wilson Center: 'Face-Saving,' Promises, and Propaganda: Jean H. Lee on the Inter-Korean Summit Sep 19, 2018
June 2018
- Jun 11, 2018 Wilson Center: A Historic Handshake Jun 11, 2018
- Jun 10, 2018 Wilson Center: ‘Kim Jong Un, International Statesman’ Jun 10, 2018
May 2018
- May 15, 2018 NPR: 2 Generations, 2 Different Perspectives On Korean Reunification May 15, 2018
February 2018
- Feb 12, 2018 BBC Radio 4: A Korean Thaw? Feb 12, 2018
- Feb 8, 2018 New York Times Sunday Review: Will North Korea Win the Gold Medal for Deceit? Feb 8, 2018
January 2018
- Jan 21, 2018 Getty Images: Skiers at North Korea's Masikryong ski resort Jan 21, 2018
December 2017
- Dec 18, 2017 KEI: Soap Operas and Socialism Dec 18, 2017
October 2017
- Oct 10, 2017 Prospect: Kim Jong-un has realised there’s a benefit to behaving badly Oct 10, 2017
September 2017
- Sep 8, 2017 The New Republic: Land of the Hermit King, October 2017 Sep 8, 2017
August 2017
- Aug 11, 2017 New York Times Op-Ed: Donald Trump is giving North Korea exactly what it wants Aug 11, 2017
- Aug 10, 2017 Esquire: Inside Kim Jong Un's bloody scramble to kill off his family Aug 10, 2017
June 2017
- Jun 1, 2017 Wilson Quarterly: For North Korea, the War Never Ended Jun 1, 2017
February 2017
- Feb 24, 2017 New York Times Op-Ed: North Korea's Palace Intrigue Feb 24, 2017
- Feb 9, 2017 CNN: Pyeongchang and the South Korea ski culture Feb 9, 2017
August 2016
- Aug 11, 2016 New York Times Rio 2016: Gymnast's Selfie Goes Viral, but Her Bio is Sparse Aug 11, 2016
May 2016
- May 21, 2016 U.S. News: Party Time in Pyongyang North Korea's biggest political gathering in decades will affirm Kim Jong Un's place as leader May 21, 2016
- May 6, 2016 Foreign Policy: Why Kim Jong Un Needs Nuclear Weapons May 6, 2016
January 2016
- Jan 7, 2016 New York Times Magazine: Kim Jong Un's Generational Ambitions Jan 7, 2016
June 2015
- Jun 9, 2015 Brookings Institution: Tourism to North Korea: Unethical or an opportunity for engagement? Jun 9, 2015
February 2014
- Feb 15, 2014 CNN: World's most exotic luxury ski resort? Hitting the slopes at Masik, North Korea Feb 15, 2014
December 2013
- Dec 10, 2013 AP: Purge of Kim uncle sends chilling message to North Korea’s elite Dec 10, 2013
July 2013
- Jul 20, 2013 AP: Vet Returns to North Korea for 1st Black Navy Aviator Jul 20, 2013
April 2013
- Apr 29, 2013 AP: Pyongyang Glitters, but Rest of North Korea Still Dark Apr 29, 2013
- Apr 19, 2013 AP: Young North Koreans Train to Seek 'Revenge on US' Apr 19, 2013
February 2013
- Feb 27, 2013 AP: Tweets allow peek at life in NKorea in real time Feb 27, 2013
- Feb 27, 2013 AP: Dennis Rodman Worms His Way into North Korea Feb 27, 2013
January 2013
- Jan 9, 2013 AP: Google Executive Gets Look at North Koreans Using Internet Jan 9, 2013
December 2012
- Dec 13, 2012 AP: North Korea rocket launch shows young leader as gambler Dec 13, 2012
November 2012
- Nov 28, 2012 AP: North Korea Replaces Defense Minister Nov 28, 2012
September 2012
- Sep 24, 2012 AP: Sweeping New Changes Expected at North Korean Farms Sep 24, 2012
- Sep 20, 2012 AP: Film festival opens in movie-crazy North Korea Sep 20, 2012
July 2012
- Jul 12, 2012 AP: Ex-North Korean Star Recalls 'Ping Pong Diplomacy' Jul 12, 2012
June 2012
- Jun 23, 2012 AP: In North Korea, learning to hate US starts early Jun 23, 2012
April 2012
- Apr 16, 2012 AP: New North Korean leader makes first public speech Apr 16, 2012
- Apr 8, 2012 AP: North Korea's Bethlehem is Birthplace of Kim Religion Apr 8, 2012
March 2012
- Mar 31, 2012 AP: North Korea Rebuilds Pyongyang to Welcome New Leader Mar 31, 2012
February 2012
- Feb 26, 2012 AP: China Brings Supermarket Concept to North Korea Feb 26, 2012
January 2012
- Jan 7, 2012 AP: Shades of North Korea's Founder in Its Young New Leader Jan 7, 2012
December 2011
- Dec 19, 2011 AP: Kim Jong Il, Dynastic Leader With Nuclear Ambition Dec 19, 2011
- Dec 18, 2011 AP: US Aid a Step Toward Korea Nuke Talks Dec 18, 2011
August 2011
- Aug 3, 2011 AP: A Look at North Korea Finds Country on Cusp of Change Aug 3, 2011
July 2011
- Jul 25, 2011 New York Times' Lensblog: Off the Dictated Path in North Korea Jul 25, 2011
- Jul 24, 2011 AP: Quiet Digital Revolution Under Way in North Korea Jul 24, 2011
April 2011
- Apr 13, 2011 AP: North Koreans Honor Founder's Birth with Flags, Flowers Apr 13, 2011
October 2010
- Oct 13, 2010 AP: A Rare Glimpse at a Different Side of North Korea Oct 13, 2010
June 2010
- Jun 14, 2010 AP: North Korea's Rooney Loves His Cars, Clothes and Rap Jun 14, 2010
- Jun 11, 2010 AP: NKorea's An wants revenge for '66 loss to Portugal Jun 11, 2010
- Jun 10, 2010 AP: At World Cup, North Korean team goes under cover Jun 10, 2010
May 2010
- May 19, 2010 AP: For the 2 Koreas, Joint Appearance at World Cup Turns Sour May 19, 2010
October 2009
- Oct 24, 2009 AP: American Sees Changes in His North Korean Hometown Oct 24, 2009
September 2008
- Sep 19, 2008 AP: Worry at Border as North Korea Restores Nuclear Reactor Sep 19, 2008
February 2007
- Feb 28, 2007 AP: Ski on a Glacier Amid the Breathtaking Views of France's Mont Blanc Feb 28, 2007
September 1997
- Sep 28, 1997 AP: From Doctor to Destitute: Retired Physician Lives on the Street Sep 28, 1997

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