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What sets Korea Pro apart?
From real-time updates to in-depth archives and networking opportunities, Korea Pro provides everything researchers need to excel in understanding South Korea.
From real-time updates to in-depth archives and networking opportunities, Korea Pro provides everything researchers need to excel in understanding South Korea.
The core team
Contributing analysts
From former ambassadors, military generals and international business leaders, our expert authors have got you covered.
Breakfast briefings
Premium members get access to intimate breakfast briefings on top contemporary issues relating to business and politics in South Korea.
Networking Gatherings
Connect with professional peers from the diplomatic and business community at Seoul Circuit and special VIP evening events for members
Webinars
When major news strikes, Korea Pro breaks it down in rapidly organized webinars to allow members from around the world to ask questions in a off-record environment
International-First Approach
Korea Pro filters out unimportant domestic political drama, ensuring you focus on the most significant issues that matter to researchers and analysts in and around the ROK.
Objective, impartial and personalized insights
In a media ecosystem often shaped by political bias, Korea Pro’s in-house analysts provide balanced, politically neutral analysis that allows you to explore all sides of the story.
Korea Pro’s events, conferences, and webinars offer unparalleled opportunities to meet with practitioners, influential members of the foreign business community, and active or retired ROK government officials.
Connect with experts and practitioners
LTG Chun In-bum
Chun In-bum was a three-star lieutenant general in the Republic of Korea army, and is a regular commentator on ROK military affairs for KOREA PRO.
Philip Turner
Philip Turner is a former ambassador of New Zealand to South Korea and analyzes social, geopolitical and diplomatic issues for KOREA PRO.
Chong-hoon Park
Chong Hoon Park is head of the Korea and Japan research team at Standard Chartered Korea and covers economic developments in South Korea and Japan for KOREA PRO.
Karl Friedhoff
Karl Friedhoff is a fellow in public opinion and Asia policy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and covers public opinion analysis for KOREA PRO.
Daniel Tudor
Daniel Tudor is a journalist who has lived in and written about Korea for over a decade and focuses on business affairs for KOREA PRO.
Benjamin A. Engel
Benjamin Engel is a research professor at the Institute of International Affairs, Seoul National University, and covers South Korean history and its connections to modern-day political issues for KOREA PRO.
Ankit Panda
Ankit Panda is the Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and covers South Korea’s security policy, space surveillance tech and extended deterrence issues for KOREA PRO.
Sooyoung Oh
Sooyoung Oh is Senior Presidential Correspondent at Arirang, who specializes in security, political affairs and South Korea’s foreign policy for KOREA PRO
Hyojin Kim
Hyojin Kim is a former reporter at the Korea Times, South Korea’s largest English-language daily, and covers South Korean social issues for KOREA PRO.
Lina Park
Lina Park is an intern at the Korea Herald and covers South Korean culture and social affairs for KOREA PRO.
Yeji Chung
Yeji Chung is a research intern at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and covers political and international issues for KOREA PRO.
Jack Greenberg
Jack Greenberg is a Global Korea Scholarship recipient pursuing a master’s degree in International Peace and Security Studies at Korea University and writes about South Korea’s housing, urban development and changing cityscapes for KOREA PRO.
Junghyun Song
Junghyun Song is a journalist at South Korean newspaper Money Today, formerly at The Korea Herald. She covers South Korean culture and social affairs for KOREA PRO.
Jumin Lee
Jumin Lee is a Korean trial attorney and former Air Force officer based in Los Angeles and writes about South Korean politics, society and legal affairs for KOREA PRO.
Peter Ward
Peter Ward is a research fellow at the Sejong Institute, specializing in South Korean economic and political affairs for KOREA PRO.
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British Chamber of Commerce, Seoul
I love my Korea Pro subscription and look forward to the weekly podcast. I rely on the team to keep me and BCCK members up to date with informative and engaging news content. The accurate reporting from the Korea Pro helps us make business decisions.
Jeongmin Kim is the Editorial Director for KOREA PRO and co-founded the site in 2022.
Besides being a regular commentator on all things South Korea for major media around the world, her dedicated Korea Pro focus is on politics and security.
John Lee is the editor of KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Prior to that, he was a contributor for NK News and KOREA PRO.
His focus is on South Korean economic and trade policy.
Joon Ha Park is a correspondent at Korea Pro and has previously written on issues related to the two Koreas at The Peninsula Report.
He specializes in South Korea’s defense policy and domestic politics for Korea Pro.
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