Jeune Kim is a second-year student pursuing an M.A. in Global Policy Studies at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas. Her specialization is in Security, Law, and Diplomacy. She is also a student in the Graduate Portfolio Program in Security Studies at the Clements Center for National Security. She received her B.A. in History and in Linguistics at the University of Texas. Her primary interests include U.S.-Korea relations and U.S. foreign policy in East Asia. She would like to deepen her understanding of the political, economic, and social climates of both North and South Korea, and the threats to their stability. She would also like to study the implications of these factors for their relationship with the United States as well as their effects on the broader geopolitical framework. Through this internship, she would like to develop important knowledge and skills of how to confront human rights issues in North Korea.