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Sung-Yoon Lee is a scholar, policy advisor, and author specialized on North Korea and East Asia. [1] [2] [3] His written opus has focussed on exposing the wrongdoings of the North Korean regime and advancing policies to curb it. He has contributed to media outlets, published academic papers and a book, and written statements as part of his expert witness advice to the U.S. Congress. [4] [5] [6] [2] [3] [7] His writing style has been described as exuberant, vivid, and sharp, [8] [9] [10] [6] with a meticulous and insightful analysis. [1] [11] [12] [13]

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Lee has profiled Kim Yo Jong, the sister and closest aid to North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong Un. Reviewers of Lee's work noted that despite the at-times gentle demeanor, she is at least as ruthless as his brother, is ready to succeed him if necessary, and she would maintain the nature of the regime. [7] [4] [11] [14] Reviewers both critical and positive coincided in noting the unusual nature of the work, which given the closed nature of the regime had to contend with a dearth of normal biographical sources and lacked direct access to the subject. The author aimed to remedy these limitations by delving deeper into on the broader context of the regime and Kim family history, as well as by conducting a detailed analysis of the subject's public appearances and written public statements. Some critics were unsatisfied with this approach while others were positive. [8] [14] [13] [15]

Academic articles

Lee has notably warned the international community, especially the U.S. and South Korea not to cave-in to the brinksmanship maneuvers by North Korea, nor to fall for false overtures to reconciliation, which in fact only seeks to extract gains for the regime. In his published works Lee has noted that the North has been repeatedly successful at manipulating the South and its allies with these cycles of threats and then diplomacy, which he named the Pyongyang playbook. [16] [1] [17]

Congressional testimony

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Lee has published written statements as part of his testimony as an expert witness in U.S. Congress hearings. [18] [19] In those hearings he notably argued for the strengthening of sanctions against North Korea, [5] [20] warned about North Korea's history of brinksmanship, [3] and pointed to the key role of China is facilitating or impeding international pressure on North Korea. [21]

Short essays

Lee has actively advanced his geopolitical analysis and policy recommendations through engagement with mass media, especially by publishing articles in newspapers and other media outlets. [5] [6] [19]

Lee has often collaborated with Joshua Stanton, a North Korean human rights advocate and a lawyer based in Washington D.C., together co-authoring multiple articles to advance legislation of tougher sanctions. [5] [25]

Given the despotic nature of the North Korean regime, its oppression of its own population and the nuclear threats to international security, Lee has proposed a strategy of stern treatment of the North Korean government, while engaging the North Korean people. [26] [16] [27] [28]

The first is primarily to be pursued with sanctions that create economic pressure aimed at the elite; reducing the available resources to the regime, and diminishing the loyalty of the ruling. Lee sees this as the only non-military way to force the regime into a real negotiation on denuclearization and human rights. [16] [29] [30] Lee has repeatedly further asserted that strong sanctions must not be undermined by false peace overtures by the regime to trick the international community into concessionary diplomacy. [31] [32] [33] [34] [18] [1] The second is to be pursued as humanitarian aid for the population, increasing efforts to disseminate more information from the outside world into North Korea, facilitating defections, and pressing for a global campaign of human rights. [16] [29]

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Judicial expert witness work

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<i>The Sister: The extraordinary story of Kim Yo Jong, the most powerful woman in North Korea</i> 2023 biography of Kim Yo Jong by Sung-Yoon Lee

The Sister: The extraordinary story of Kim Yo Jong, the most powerful woman in North Korea is a 2023 biography of Kim Yo Jong, the sister, closest deputy, and potential successor to North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un. It was subsequently published in the United States with the title The Sister: North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the Most Dangerous Woman in the World. It is written by Sung-Yoon Lee, a scholar of Korean and East Asian studies. It is regarded as the first book to offer an in-depth portrait of its subject.

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Beaumont, Peter (April 6, 2013). "Is North Korea's threat more than posturing this time? - It's wise to look at North Korea's strategy over the past 50 years to understand the present crisis". The Guardian . Archived from the original on 2021-05-11. Among the most insightful and prescient chroniclers of what he called the "Pyongyang playbook" in an essay three years ago for Foreign Affairs has been Sung-Yoon Lee, a professor of Korean studies (...)
  2. 1 2 "Obama Signs New Sanctions Aimed at Stopping North Korea's Atomic Program". Radio Free Asia . Broadcasting Board of Governors (U.S. Government). February 19, 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-07-02. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Russel, Daniel R. (April 2019). "What to expect from a Nuclear North Korea". Asia Society Policy Institute - Issue Paper: 8, 17.
  4. 1 2 Aspden, Rachel (June 10, 2023). "The Sister by Sung-Yoon Lee review – North Korea's propaganda queen - A biography of Kim Yo-jong goes beyond personalities to examine the Kim dynasty's roots and its possible future". The Guardian . Archived from the original on 2023-06-10.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Interview: China's 'Sanctions Non-enforcement Is Too Extensive to Be Mere Negligence'". Radio Free Asia . Broadcasting Board of Governors (U.S. Government). February 16, 2016. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Ed Royce (March 5, 2013). US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Hearing: North Korean Nuclear Program (Television broadcast). Washington DC: C-SPAN. 11:05 minutes in. Retrieved July 6, 2013. This morning we are joined by a distinguished panel of experts. (...) Dr. Sung-Yoon Lee, is a Professor at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Known for his ability to turn a phrase, he has written extensively on the Korean peninsula, including a recent piece entitled "Don't engage Kim Jong-un, bankrupt him", which appeared in Foreign Policy magazine.
  7. 1 2 Monk, Paul (May 18, 2023). "Twisted sister: inside Pyongyang's house of horrors" . The Australian.
  8. 1 2 "Is North Korea's propagandist-in-chief also its dictator-in-waiting? - As Sung-Yoon Lee explains in "The Sister", Kim Yo Jong is not merely Kim Jong Un's sibling". The Economist . June 22, 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-06-22.
  9. ↑ "The Sister - A vivid portrait of a ruthless, egocentric woman driven by an unrelenting sense of entitlement and destiny". Kirkus Reviews. June 15, 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-05-24.
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  11. 1 2 Ruggiero, Anthony (October 7, 2023). "Kim Yo Jong Is the World's Most Dangerous Woman – A new book profiles the possible future leader of North Korea". Foreign Policy . Archived from the original on 2023-10-08.
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  14. 1 2 Kirkpatrick, Melanie (September 8, 2023). "'The Sister' Review: North Korea's Sibling Dynasty - Kim Jong Un was not the only member of his family raised to rule. His sister Kim Yo Jong displays an instinct for power" . The Wall Street Journal .
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