Elizabeth Yang holds a BA/MA in International Affairs from the University of California, San Diego, having specialized in international politics with a focus on the Korean peninsula. Previously, she was involved in advocating various social issues such as supply chain transparency and gender equality. She has also worked in Seoul as a communications and research consultant at the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency. At HRNK, she hopes to gain deeper insight on North Korea’s leadership power dynamics and the development of North Korea’s illicit finance networks.