Jung H. Pak
Historian and Korea analyst
Jung H. Pak is an American historian and former intelligence analyst who specializes in North Korea. She wrote Becoming Kim Jong Un.
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About Jung H. Pak
Her intelligence career included senior roles at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and in the Director of National Intelligence's office. As Deputy National Intelligence Officer, she oversaw the US intelligence community's strategic analysis on Korea. She has also been a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, including as SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies, and was US Special Representative for North Korea from 2023 to 2024. Her earlier career was in academia: she was a history teacher at Hunter College in New York City, and she studied in South Korea on a Fulbright scholarship. She is a Colgate University graduate and holds a PhD in US history from Columbia University. Her book Becoming Kim Jong Un is part of our catalog.