Jung H. Pak

Jung H. Pak is an American historian and diplomat. She served as United States Special Representative for North Korea in the Biden administration from 2023 to 2024.^[1][2][3][4]

Jung H. Pak
United States Senior Official for North Korea
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

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]