Yun, Hee Soo
Position : Senior Fellow
Research interests : Authoritarian Regimes, North Korean Security, AI and Data Science
Education
- Ph.D. in Political Science, Sungkyunkwan University
- M.A. in Political Science, Sogang University
- B.A. in Political Science and Diplomacy, and Data Science, Sungkyunkwan University
Academic and Professional Appointments
- Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University
- Lecturer, Department of Political Science and Diplomacy, Sungkyunkwan University
- Former Researcher, Strategy Team, AI and Data Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
- Former Administrative Staff, Senior Secretary to the President for Public Communication, Blue House
Technical Skills
- Statistical Analysis and Machine Learning using R and Python
Dissertation
- Internal Instability and International Aggression in Authoritarian Regimes: The Case of North Korea
- Ph.D. Dissertation, Sungkyunkwan University, 2026
Publications
- Yun, Hee Soo. “When Disasters Strike, Do Missiles Fly? Rethinking North Korea’s Provocations, Timing, and the Limits of Diversionary Theory.” Korea Observer (SSCI), forthcoming, September 2026. First author.
- “Disaster Politics and the Technological-Discursive Nexus in North Korea under Kim Jong Un: An Analysis of Media Coverage of Disaster- and Climate-Related Academic Events,” National Security and Strategy (Institute for National Security Strategy), July 2026. First author.
- Yun, Hee Soo. “An Analysis of the Consistency between the Act on the Protection and Settlement Support of North Korean Defectors and Local Government Ordinances.” Legislation and Policy, National Assembly Research Service, August 2025. First author.
- Yun, Hee Soo. “Structure and Dynamics of North Korean Markets: Interplay between Popular Autonomy and Government Control.” Journal of Peace and Unification Studies, May 2024. Sole author.
Honors and Awards
- Scholarship Recipient in Unification and North Korean Studies, Unification and Sharing Foundation
- Best Paper Award, Presidential Archives of Korea, Ministry of the Interior and Safety
- Outstanding Thesis Award, Sungkyunkwan University
