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Jul 2, 2019

NBC News: A closer look into Trump and Kim’s relationship

Jul 2, 2019

A closer look into President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s relationship after the historic meeting this weekend. We met with Jean Lee the director of the Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy at the Wilson Center and former Pyongyang bureau chief for the Associated Press who gave us a glimpse into their relationship and what it means going forward.

Jul 2, 2019

Jun 30, 2019

CBS Face the Nation: What does Trump's meeting with Kim mean for nuclear talks?

Jun 30, 2019

CBS News senior national security contributor Michael Morell and The Wilson Center's Jean Lee join Margaret Brennan to discuss the future of North Korean relations after President Trump's historic meeting with Kim Jong Un.

Jun 30, 2019

Nov 22, 2018

National Geographic: Inside North Korea's Dynasty

Nov 22, 2018

With North Korea's relations with the rest of the world at a new and unpredictable inflection point, National Geographic Documentary Films presents INSIDE NORTH KOREA'S DYNASTY, a groundbreaking four-episode documentary series that examines the extraordinary history of the world's only communist dynasty, three generations in the making. Featuring interviews with journalist Jean H. Lee.

Nov 22, 2018

Oct 28, 2018

ABC national radio in Australia: North Korea from the Inside

Oct 28, 2018

When experienced reporter Jean Lee took on the role of AP bureau chief in Seoul, she was asked to establish a bureau in North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang.

The task, which seemed almost impossible, became even less certain when the Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Il, disappeared.

Jean managed to open the news bureau in 2012, and was witness to the momentous change brought to North Korea by Kim Jong Il’s death.

Oct 28, 2018

Jun 6, 2018

CBS News' Face the Nation

Jun 6, 2018

Jean Lee joins host Margaret Brennan and Sue Mi Terry of CSIS to discuss the latest on North Korea on Face the Nation.

Jun 6, 2018

Feb 22, 2018

VICE News Tonight: Binge watching North Korean TV is surreal — and educational

Feb 22, 2018

To understand more about what North Koreans are watching and what the government wants them to think, we arranged a screening with Jean Lee, who became an expert in North Korean television when she worked as a journalist in Pyongyang.

Feb 22, 2018

Feb 21, 2018

VICE News Tonight (HBO): North Korean soap operas

Feb 21, 2018

In order to learn more about Kim’s policy priorities and everyday life in the secretive kingdom, VICE News binges North Korean soaps with the Wilson Center’s Jean Lee.

Feb 21, 2018

Feb 10, 2018

NPR's All Things Considered: The Political Gamesmanship Behind The 2018 Winter Olympics

Feb 10, 2018

Michel Martin asks North Korea expert Jean Lee, former Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert, and former COO for the U.S. Olympic Committee Lt. Gen. Wallace Gregson about behind-the-scenes diplomacy.

Feb 10, 2018

Jan 18, 2018

NPR WBUR Here and Now: North Korean Olympic performers 'propaganda coup'

Jan 18, 2018

Jean Lee (@newsjean) is a journalist and Global Fellow at the Wilson Center. She speaks with Here & Now's Robin Young about the Olympic detente that North and South Korea are negotiating, which is leading to a unified march during the PyeongChang Olympics opening ceremony next month, and a delegation of North Korean musicians and cheerleaders attending the games.

Jan 18, 2018

Jan 8, 2018

NPR, All Things Considered: North Koreans' Attitudes Of The U.S.

Jan 8, 2018

The relationship between President Trump and Kim Jong Un made headlines again this past week. NPR's Michel Martin talks with North Korea expert Jean H. Lee, of the Wilson Center about how people on the Korean peninsula view the U.S.

Jan 8, 2018

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Jul 28, 2019

Washington Talk on Voice of America

Jul 28, 2019

Jean Lee and Scott Snyder join Eunjung Cho for Washington Talk on the Voice of America. 판문점 만남을 통해 약속된 미북 실무협상 재개가 지체되고 있습니다. 북한은 미한 연합훈련을 비난하며 실무협상에 영향을 미친다고 주장했는데,북한이 이렇게 ‘시간 끌기’에 나선 이유를 분석합니다. 미국 정부가 종교자유 장관급 회의를 개최하고 트럼프 대통령은 탈북자 등 각국 피해자를 만났는데, 북한에서 ‘종교 자유’가 가능한지 살펴봅니다. 진행: 조은정 / 대담: 진 리 (Jean Lee, 윌슨센터 한국 국장), 스콧 스나이더 (Scott Snyder, 미 외교협회 미한정책 국장)

Jul 28, 2019

Jul 11, 2019

Quoted in New York Times: Trump’s Asia Gamble: Shatter Enduring Strategies on China and North Korea

Jul 11, 2019

“I can’t see Kim giving up his nuclear weapons entirely,” said Jean H. Lee, a Korea expert at the Wilson Center in Washington. “They are his ‘treasured sword’ and all that he has to give him leverage. But he is willing to barter some dismantling of his nuclear program in exchange for concessions.”

Jul 11, 2019

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

Jul 2, 2019

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jean Lee, director of the Wilson Center's Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center, about President Trump's meeting with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un.

Jul 2, 2019

Jun 30, 2019

CBS Face the Nation: What does Trump's meeting with Kim mean for nuclear talks?

Jun 30, 2019

May 25, 2019

Radio Free Asia: “대북지원 이뤄져도 핵협상 영향 미미”

May 25, 2019

앵커: 한국 정부가 검토 중인 대북 인도적 식량 지원과 관련해 미국 내 한반도 전문가들은 대부분 찬성입장을 밝혔습니다.

May 25, 2019

May 23, 2019

CNN The Situation Room: North Korean propaganda gets makeover to appeal to youth

May 23, 2019

North Korea's propaganda machine is getting a makeover, with the "pink lady" who leads the state-run newscasts going into partial retirement to make way for younger TV presenters. CNN's Brian Todd reports.

May 23, 2019

May 6, 2019

NPR Morning Edition: North Korea Conducts Another Missile Test

May 6, 2019

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Jean Lee, a policy expert at the Wilson Center, about the significance of North Korea's latest weapons test. The Trump administration is downplaying the test.

May 6, 2019

Apr 11, 2019

NPR All Things Considered: Where Relations Stand Between The U.S., South Korea And North Korea

Apr 11, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the Wilson Center's Jean Lee about where denuclearization negotiations stand between the U.S., South Korea and North Korea.

Apr 11, 2019

Mar 24, 2019

The Nation: North Korea Through the Eyes of an American Dissident

Mar 24, 2019

he collapse of the US–North Korean denuclearization negotiations in Hanoi earlier this month and the prospect of a return to President Trump’s hard-line rhetoric of 2017 have intensified public interest in what life is really like inside the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, a country known as one of the most repressive on earth. So it’s no surprise that dozens of Washingtonians have come to see John Feffer’s new play, Next Stop: North Korea. It’s the latest in a series of one-person dramas the author, novelist, and sometime Nation contributor has written and performed in over the past eight years.

Mar 24, 2019

Mar 1, 2019

CBS News: Trump and Kim to meet in Hanoi for second summit

Mar 1, 2019

Jean Lee speaking with CBS News in the days before the Feb. 27-28, 2019, Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi.

Mar 1, 2019

New Yorker: After All the Swagger, Trump’s Talks with North Korea Collapse

Mar 1, 2019

Feb 28, 2019

New York Times: Trump’s Talks With Kim Jong-un Collapse Over North Korean Sanctions

Feb 28, 2019

“I worry about the consequences,” said Jean H. Lee, a Korea expert at the Wilson Center, a research organization in Washington. “Did these two leaders and their teams build up enough good will to keep the lines of communication open, or are we headed into another period of stalled negotiations — or worse, tensions — that would give the North Koreans more time and incentive to keep building their weapons program?”

“This result leaves very little room for Kim to save face,” she added.

Feb 28, 2019

Feb 27, 2019

New York Times: Trump Meets Kim Jong-un to Start Summit Talks

Feb 27, 2019

Jean H. Lee, a Korea expert at the Wilson Center, a Washington-based research organization, said of Mr. Kim that “he does want a changed relationship with the United States, and to improve his country’s shattered economy.”

“But we need to remember that he sacrificed his people’s well-being, making decisions that deprived them of food, clean water, electricity, heat and medicine, in order to build nuclear weapons,” Ms. Lee added. “He won’t be willing to give his weapons up readily, and may be prepared to sacrifice his people again if things don’t go his way.”

Feb 27, 2019

NPR: What Has Been Accomplished Since The First Trump-Kim Summit?

Feb 27, 2019

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What Has Been Accomplished Since The First Trump-Kim Summit?

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Rachel Martin talks to Jean Lee, a Korea expert at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, about expectations for the second summit between President Trump and North Korea's leader.

Feb 27, 2019

Feb 26, 2019

Fox News: Kim Jong Un faces mounting pressure to get sanctions relief for North Korea

Feb 26, 2019

Kim Jong Un faces mounting pressure to get sanctions relief for North Korea

Feb. 25, 2019 - 4:08 - North Koreans are going without heat during an incredibly cold winter, says Jean Lee, director at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Feb 26, 2019

CNN: Trump Kim summit: What does a win for North Korea look like in Hanoi?

Feb 26, 2019

Feb 11, 2019

PBS documentary: The Dictator's Playbook, Episode 1, Kim Il Sung

Feb 11, 2019

He was a legendary guerilla fighter, battling to free Korea from Japanese occupation in the 1930s. He went on to start the Korean war—and establish North Korea as the most controlled society on earth. How did Kim Il Sung rise to power, transform himself into a “living god,” and launch a dictatorship that has lasted for three generations?

Jean H. Lee provides commentary on Kim Il Sung’s rise to power in this PBS documentary.

Feb 11, 2019

Feb 9, 2019

Discussing the upcoming Trump-Kim summit on VoA's Washington Talk TV show

Feb 9, 2019

2차 미국 정상회담 일정이 공개됐는데, 이번 회담에서는 실질적인 진전이 이뤄져야 한다는 기대가 커지고 있습니다. 비핵화와 상응조치를 두고 미북 간 어떤 타결이 가능할 지 분석합니다. 회담 개최국 베트남은 북한이 선택할 경제 개방과 외교 관계 개선의 모델이 될 지 살펴봅니다. 진행: 조은정 / 대담: 스콧 스나이더(미 외교협회 미한정책국장), 진 리(우드로 윌슨센터 한국국장) #VOA #워싱턴톡 #2차미북정상회담 #베트남 #하노이 #비핵화 #비건 #김혁철 Originally published at - https://www.voakorea.com/a/4779663.html

Feb 9, 2019

Feb 4, 2019

Washington Post: He helped Trump confront North Korea. Now Ji Seong-ho wonders whether human rights will be left behind.

Feb 4, 2019

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