2020 Scholars

headshot of Seonghwi Kim in red shirt

Seonghwi Kim

August 17, 2020 – August 15, 2021

sunnykim@gwu.edu

Seonghwi Kim is a staff writer at the Moneytoday newspaper. Since joining the Moneytoday media group in 2006 he has covered numerous areas especially the politics part. The Blue House (South Korean Presidential Office), the National Assembly were his principal domains. He was the Blue House correspondent from 2017 to July 2020. He was a fellow of the European Journalism Center in 2012. He focuses on the U.S.-South Korean alliance and the two Presidents’ foreign policies.

portrait of Sangjin Lee in professional attire

Sangjin Lee

March 24, 2020 – November 24, 2020

sangjlee58@gwu.edu

Dr. Lee is a professor at Korea National Defense University. He received his Ph. D in Business Administration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After joining KNDU, he has served as a member of many ROK government committees such as Defense Program Steering Board, Defense Reform, Military Logistics Revolution, and Navy Consulting. He is interested in research on logistics, program management, defense reform, and defense industry base.