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Asia Insight - Asia Right Now: Jean Lee

Asia Right Now: Jean Lee

10/23/24 • 34 min

Asia Insight

Jean Lee is a Korean American journalist and researcher based at the East-West Centre in Hawaii.

She has spent a large part of her career covering North Korea and Northeast Asian affairs, and is co-host of the award-winning “Lazarus Heist” podcast for the BBC World Service, which delves into the Lazarus Group, a shadowy consortium of cyber-criminals working on behalf of the North Korean state.

Jean was in New Zealand recently to speak at the Asia Summit, held in Wellington to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Asia New Zealand Foundation.

She sat down for a chat on the North Korea issue, and what’s at stake in 2024, dealing with leader Kim Jong Un and his regime.

Tweet us at @AsiaMediaCentre
Website asiamediacentre.org.nz
Email us at [email protected]
Whakawhetai mo te whakarongo .. thanks for listening !

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Jean Lee is a Korean American journalist and researcher based at the East-West Centre in Hawaii.

She has spent a large part of her career covering North Korea and Northeast Asian affairs, and is co-host of the award-winning “Lazarus Heist” podcast for the BBC World Service, which delves into the Lazarus Group, a shadowy consortium of cyber-criminals working on behalf of the North Korean state.

Jean was in New Zealand recently to speak at the Asia Summit, held in Wellington to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Asia New Zealand Foundation.

She sat down for a chat on the North Korea issue, and what’s at stake in 2024, dealing with leader Kim Jong Un and his regime.

Tweet us at @AsiaMediaCentre
Website asiamediacentre.org.nz
Email us at [email protected]
Whakawhetai mo te whakarongo .. thanks for listening !

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Website asiamediacentre.org.nz
Email us at [email protected]
Whakawhetai mo te whakarongo .. thanks for listening !

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