Jung H. Pak is an American historian and diplomat. She served as United States Special Representative for North Korea in the Biden administration from 2023 to 2024.
Early life and education Pak holds a PhD in U.S. history from Columbia University and a BA in history (magna cum laude) from Colgate University, where she was also awarded an honorary doctorate and served on the board of trustees.
Career Pak taught at Hunter College in New York from 2006 to 2008. While there, she helped launch the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute. Pak previously was a SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution's Center for East Asia Policy Studies. Prior to that, she was a Portfolio Manager for the East Asia & Pacific Mission Center at the Central Intelligence Agency.
Publications
Becoming Kim Jong Un: A Former CIA Officer's Insights Into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator, Ballantine Books, April 28, 2020
References
External links
U.S. Department of State biography