Speaker

Sung-Yoon Lee is Kim Koo-Korea Foundation Professorship of Korean Studies and Assistant Professor at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. Lee is Associate in Research at the Korea Institute, Harvard University, and a former Research Fellow of the inaugural National Asia Research Program, a joint initiative by the National Bureau of Asian Research and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Lee has taught Korean history and politics at Bowdoin College, Sogang University, and Seoul National University. He has testified as an expert witness before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Hearing on North Korea policy and has advised senior officials and elected leaders in the U.S. government, including the President of the United States of America.

Lee is a frequent commentator on major international media organizations, including BBC, PBS, NPR, PRI, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, CBC, Bloomberg, Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, etc.