The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and the China and the World Program at Columbia University present
Dr. Jung H. Pak
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Affairs and for Global China Issues;
Deputy Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Welcome by Keren Yarhi Milo, Dean, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Hosted by Peter Clement, Interim Director, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
Moderated by Thomas Christensen, James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations, Director of the China and the World Program at Columbia University
Thursday, September 29, 2022
12:00pm-2:00pm
1501 International Affairs
CUID only. Advance registration required via the Columbia/SIPA events calendars. Register here.
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Biography
Dr. Jung H. Pak is a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Affairs and for Global China issues. She also serves as Deputy Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Prior to arriving at State, she was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, where she focused on Korean Peninsula issues, East Asia regional dynamics, and transnational threats. While at Brookings, she authored Becoming Kim Jong Un, which has been translated into multiple languages and draws from her deep knowledge and experience as an intelligence officer. Pak has held senior positions at the Central Intelligence Agency and served as the Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Korea at the National Intelligence Council. Before her career in national security, Dr. Pak taught U.S. history at Hunter College in New York City. She received her PhD from Columbia University and studied in South Korea as a Fulbright Scholar. Pak is a graduate of Colgate University, where she is Trustee Emerita and recipient of an honorary doctorate.
