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Jung H. Pak

American historian and diplomat

Jung H. Pak


United States Senior Official for the DPRK
In office November 21, 2023 – July 5, 2024
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Sung Y. Kim
Deputy Assistant Secretary of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office January 20, 2021
President	Joe Biden

Personal details
Education	Colgate University (BA), Columbia University (PhD)
Occupation	Historian, diplomat

Jung H. Pak is an American historian and diplomat. She served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the Biden administration from 2023 to 2024.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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.^[5] Prior to that she was a Portfolio Manager for the East Asia & Pacific Mission Center at the Central Intelligence Agency. She 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.^[6]

Publications

Books

Becoming Kim Jong Un: A Former CIA Officer's Insights Into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator, Ballantine Books, April 28, 2020^[7]

References

^ "Dr. Jung H. Pak". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ "Brookings Foreign Policy experts selected to join Biden administration in leadership roles". Brookings. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
^ Da-gyum, Ji (2024-07-10). "US top envoy for NK steps down without successor". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
^ ifangbremer (2024-07-10). "Top US official for North Korea resigns after less than year in role | NK News". NK News - North Korea News. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
^ "Jung H. Pak". Brookings. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
^ "Jung H. Pak" (PDF). Brookings Institution. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ Pak, Jung H. (2020-01-27). "Becoming Kim Jong Un: A Former CIA Officer's Insights into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator". Brookings. Retrieved 2023-06-21.