Jongjin Lee is a master’s student studying international relations at Syracuse University. He graduated from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China with a BA in English. He is interested in international security studies, especially East Asian regional security, and U.S.-South Korea-Japan trilateral security cooperation.

While living in China, he became intrigued by China’s role regarding North Korea when he observed that many North Korean laborers were working there, despite UN sanctions. During his master’s program, he learned about North Korea’s Lazarus Group, cyberattacks, and China’s provision of infrastructure such as hotels to North Korean hacker units, which further increased his interest in this field. Through this internship, he hopes to gain specialized knowledge and skills in international security and North Korean human rights.