She's probably the most powerful woman in North Korea: Kim Yo Jong, the dictator’s younger sister. She’s viewed as an emotionless and shrewd strategist for her brother, the North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un. But just who is the "Red Princess"?
In his first trip outside of North Korea since the pandemic, Kim Jong Un met Vladimir Putin in Russia to discuss whether they each had something the other wants.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jean Lee about the upcoming meeting between Kim Jong Un and Putin — and what North Korea might get out of it.
Jean Lee and Mark Hertling join CNN Erin Burnett Out Front to discuss Kim Jong Un’s trip to Russia to meet Vladimir Putin.
Jean Lee joined Jim Acosta on CNN’s Situation Room to discuss reports that Kim Jong Un may meet with Vladimir Putin in Russia.
Jean speaks to the New York Times about the growing alliance between Russia and North Korea.
Jean speaks to the New York Times about Japan-South Korea relations.
Jean Lee shares how years of reporting from inside North Korea help her and her audiences better understand the nation.
Jean Lee joins Lewis Vaughan Jones on BBC’s The Context to discuss BBC reports about hunger and food shortages in North Korea.
Jean Lee talks about South Korean President Yoon’s visit to the U.S. and Biden administration policy toward Asia.
Jean joins the Lawfare podcast to discuss the North Korea-backed Lazarus Group, believed to have been responsible for several of the largest and most audacious incidents of hacking, ransomware and outright theft of the modern era.
Jean Lee joins BBC’s Outside Source to discuss North Korean hackers and the launch of Season 2 of The Lazarus Heist.
Jean Lee appears on BBC’s Global News Podcast to discuss North Korea and the. launch of Season 2 of The Lazarus Heist.
Jean Lee joins the BBC World Service to discuss North Korea’s launch of a suspected long-range ballistic missile just hours before the first Tokyo summit between the leaders of South Korea and Japan in 12 years.
“The statements and policy changes are part of a broader strategy to destabilize and create anxiety,” said Jean H. Lee, a fellow at the East-West Center in Honolulu.
Others caution that the latest shift is likely part of a familiar playbook for North Korea. “Given the political landscape, North Korea is looking for new and novel ways to ramp up tensions,” said Jean H. Lee, a visiting fellow at the East-West Center, a Honolulu-based think tank. “Calling South Korea Enemy No. 1 is a tactic Kim Jong Un may hope will spark some anxiety in the region and unease among South Koreans.”
She's probably the most powerful woman in North Korea: Kim Yo Jong, the dictator’s younger sister. She’s viewed as an emotionless and shrewd strategist for her brother, the North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un. But just who is the "Red Princess"?
In his first trip outside of North Korea since the pandemic, Kim Jong Un met Vladimir Putin in Russia to discuss whether they each had something the other wants.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jean Lee about the upcoming meeting between Kim Jong Un and Putin — and what North Korea might get out of it.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jean Lee about the upcoming meeting between Kim Jong Un and Putin.
Jean Lee and Mark Hertling join CNN Erin Burnett Out Front to discuss Kim Jong Un’s trip to Russia to meet Vladimir Putin.
Jean Lee joined Jim Acosta on CNN’s Situation Room to discuss reports that Kim Jong Un may meet with Vladimir Putin in Russia.
Jean speaks to the New York Times about the growing alliance between Russia and North Korea.
Jean Lee shares how years of reporting from inside North Korea help her and her audiences better understand the nation.
Jean Lee speaks to The Current about the U.S. government's attempts to reach an American soldier in North Korea.
Jean speaks to CBC Radio about a U.S. soldier who bolted across the heavily-fortified North Korean border .
This week on CyberWire’s Hacking Humans podcast, our guests are Jean Lee and Geoff White from BBC and the Lazarus Heist talking about what is coming up in Season 2 of their show and how the Lazarus Group is evolving.
Jean Lee joins Lewis Vaughan Jones on BBC’s The Context to discuss BBC reports about hunger and food shortages in North Korea.
Jean Lee talks about South Korean President Yoon’s visit to the U.S. and Biden administration policy toward Asia.
Jean joins the Lawfare podcast to discuss the North Korea-backed Lazarus Group, believed to have been responsible for several of the largest and most audacious incidents of hacking, ransomware and outright theft of the modern era.
But with global attention diverted to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, North Korea might see this time as a chance to test weapons without as much risk of punishment, said Jean H. Lee, a senior fellow at the Korea program at the Wilson Center, a think tank in Washington.
“Regardless, I think Kim has his own timeline and goals for new weapons in 2022,” Ms. Lee said. “He wants to have new weapons to unveil this spring. Tests get him closer to perfecting the technology.”
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Mr. Kim’s emotional apology was “a shrewd way of placing blame on circumstances beyond his control, and deflecting attention from the enormous resources poured into nuclear weapons,” Jean H. Lee, a North Korea expert at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, said in an email.
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The FT’s review of The Lazarus Heist, the Peabody-nominated BBC World Service podcast.