Jean moderated a private roundtable discussion with Gen. Xavier T. Brunson, Commander of the United Nations Command (UNC), Combined Forces Command, and US Forces Korea, at the East-West Center in May 2026.
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HONOLULU _ Joseph Yun, Jean Lee, Joon Kim, Celeste Connors, Cho Yoon-je at the East-West Cent'er’s Imin Conference Center in December 2025.
EWC: Deepening & Advancing the ROK-US Alliance
Jean was honored to moderate a discussion with two seasoned diplomats — US Amb. Joseph Yun and ROK Amb. Cho Yoon-je — for an in-depth discussion in December 2025 about the evolving US- ROK alliance.
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Photo credit: Christopher Patrick Ernst @christopher_patrick_ernst
PostHoc Salon on North Korea
Jean joins Susan MacTavish Best for a PostHoc salon in SoHo, New York City.
Read MoreGEN Xavier T. Brunson joins us on East-West Day for a conversation about Korea
Jean hosted a discussion with GEN Xavier T. Brunson, commander of the UN Command, Combined Forces Command and US Forces Korea, at the EWC.
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East-West Center hosts Taiwan President Lai Ching-te →
Such an honor to moderate a private discussion with Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te during his stopover in Honolulu in December 2024.
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East-West Center: Women of Impact Awards 2024 →
Jean served as emcee at the 2024 Women of Impact event at the East-West Center to honor President Hilda C. Heine of the Marshall Islands, and moderated a panel discussion on women’s leadership with Dr. Yanghee Lee, Mona Pasquil Rogers and Kristen Udui.
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Atlantic Council's Global Future Forum: Reporters at risk →
Journalists with firsthand experience in authoritarian countries shed light on the challenges that journalists face reporting on closed societies, discuss ways to help reporters overcome these challenges, and explore how this vital work relates to the broader global struggle between democracy and autocracy.
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Jean Lee, middle, moderates a discussion about AI with Art Min of TrueMedia.org (left) and Charlie Beckett of the JournalismAI Project (on screen), in a plenary session at the International Media Conference in Manila in June 2024.
East-West Center: International Media Conference 2024 →
Generative AI is everywhere in the news today, but where will it be tomorrow? Jean Lee speaks to Charlie Beckett and Art Min about how artificial intelligence will shape the coming years, from elections to academia to mass media, and everything in between.
Read MoreEast-West Center: Assignment Pyongyang: A Journalist’s Perspective on Life in Kim Jong Un’s North Korea →
Jean Lee shares her perspective on how to read and understand North Korea today in a talk at the East-West Center in Honolulu.
Read MoreHouse Foreign Affairs Committee: Illicit IT: Bankrolling Kim Jong Un →
Jean Lee testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs about North Korea’s suspected illicit financing campaign using cyber theft.
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Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital
Jean Lee in conversation with journalist Elise Hu at NPR about her new book, “Flawless,” and lessons in looks and culture from the K-beauty capital.
Read MoreKorea Society: The North Korean Cyber Threat →
Jean Lee joins cybersecurity expert Michael Barnhart and Korea Society policy director Jonathan Corrado for a discussion about the North Korean cyber threat.
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Photo credit: Jean H. Lee
Indiana University: IKS Conference on the US-Korea Relationship
Jean Lee speaks at Indiana University’s Institute for Korean Studies Annual Conference on The U.S.-Korea Relationship: Past, Present, and Future
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University of Georgia: US-Korea Security Forum
Jean Lee speaks at the US-Korea Security Forum hosted by Center for International Trade and Security at the University of Georgia.
Read MoreBBC: The Lazarus Heist LIVE in New York City
Jean Lee joins co-host Geoff White and musician Dessa — along with special guests — for a live recording of the Lazarus Heist podcast in New York City.
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BBC World Service: The Lazarus Heist: Live in New York
We're recording a live special episode of the Lazarus Heist at The Greene Space in New York on Monday 26 September, 2022.
Read MoreEast Asia Institute: Financing Pyongyang’s Provocations - Kim Jong Un’s Cyber Strategy →
For this month, we invited Jean Lee, Public Policy Fellow at the Wilson Center, to discuss North Korea’s cyber-attacks and how they finance Pyongyang’s missile developments despite the international sanctions against the regime.
Read MoreFeb. 16, 2022, talk at Duke University
Duke University: A Look Inside North Korea's Kim Regime →
Jean Lee speaks at Duke University for the Program in American Grand Strategy on the Kim regime in North Korea.
Read MoreNCNK/Network 20/20: South Korea’s Election and Its Impact on U.S.-ROK-DPRK Relations
On Tuesday, February 15th, the National Committee on North Korea and Network 20/20 held a joint webinar featuring panelists Katherine H.S. Moon, Professor Emerita at Wellesley College, Scott A. Snyder, Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Jean H. Lee, Award-winning writer, Commentator, and Expert on North Korea, to hear their critical insight regarding the upcoming election. The discussion was moderated by Keith Luse, Executive Director of the National Committee on North Korea.
Read MoreHudson Institute: Kim Jong Un and the Northeast Asian Arms Race →
Join Hudson Institute Asia-Pacific Security Chair Patrick Cronin, Hudson Senior Fellow Alex Wong, and expert panelists Ankit Panda and Jean Lee, for a discussion on North Korea’s expanding missile arsenal and arms competition in Northeast Asia.
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Leading U.S. experts and former officials to identify actionable policy steps the White House and Congress should take to address the growing threat from North Korea.