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Unveiling the North Korean Human

Rights Quandary

Shin-Wha Lee

Ambassador Shin-Wha Lee has served as the Republic of Korea’s Ambassador
for International Cooperation on North Korean Human Rights since July 2022.
She is currently a Political Science and International Relations Professor at
Korea University, Seoul. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland
at College Park and held a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Harvard University.
Ambassador Lee was formerly a special advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi
Annan’s Rwandan Independent Inquiry, a UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Group
Member of the Peacebuilding Fund, and a full-time visiting professor at Columbia
University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

Section II : Human Rights, Abductees, Forced Repatriation of Refugees and the Regional Implications