I participated in a roundtable discussion with Fmr. USFK, CFC, and UNC Commander Robert Abrams hosted by the Korea Defense Veterans Association (KDVA) on December 1st, 2025. I asked General Abrams for his updated opinion regarding wartime OPCON transfer, its prospective timeline, the conditions-based operational control transfer plan (COTP), and the timeline of the IOC, FOC, and FMC assessments of
I wrote in English and Korean about my participation in the marking of four significant semi-sesquicentennials (75th anniversary) ceremonies in the 2025-3 Issue of the Korea Defense Veterans Association’s (주한미군전우회) ROK-U.S. Alliance Journal. Part 1 of my full article was published in the current issue, with Part 2 to be printed in the next issue of the ROK-U.S. Alliance Journal.
On September 20th, 2025, I delivered a speech in both Korean and English at the Commemoration Ceremony of the Battle of Masan Western Region (마산 서부지역 전투 추모식 및 전승기념식). The event took place at Hakdong Village (학동 마을) at the foot of Seobuksan Mountain (서북산). It commemorated the more than 1,000 US and Korean war dead from this battle
I recently wrote and published another paper for the Journal of International and Area Studies (JIAS), titled “Negotiating Novel Diplomacies: Subnational Diplomacy Between US States and Taiwan During the Tsai Ing-wen Administration.” The second author is Professor Young Nam Cho of Seoul National University’s Graduate School of International Studies. JIAS is published by Seoul National University’s Institute of International Affairs
My master’s thesis, titled “Crisis and Grand Strategy: Analyzing the Implications of the Ukraine War for the Grand Strategies of South Korea and Japan” and “위기와 대전략: 우크라이나 전쟁 이후 한국과 일본의 대전략에 관한 고찰” in Korean, has been made available on the Seoul National University Library website. The link to my thesis on the SNU Library website and the
These are the photographs from the 53rd Commencement Ceremony of Seoul National University’s Graduate School of International Studies and the 79th Commencement Ceremony of Seoul National University, which both took place on February 26, 2025. My valedictorian speech (valedictory), receipt of the SNU GSIS Highest Honor Award, receipt of MA diploma, graduation cap toss, and receipt of diploma as the
I graduated from Seoul National University’s Graduate School of International Studies (SNU GSIS) with a Master of International Studies. I graduated as SNU GSIS’s valedictorian. The video below includes my full valedictorian speech (valedictory) and all other highlights from the SNU GSIS commencement ceremony and the main SNU commencement ceremony. The commencement ceremonies took place on February 26, 2025.
I wrote in English and Korean about my grandfather’s service to the U.S.-ROK alliance in the 2025-1 Issue of the Korea Defense Veterans Association’s (주한미군전우회) ROK-U.S. Alliance Journal.
I recently wrote and published a paper titled “Expanding Horizons: Reciprocal Access Agreements, the Japan-Australia Special Strategic Partnership, and Japan’s Novel Security Cooperation” for the Journal of International and Area Studies (JIAS), which is published by the Institute of International Affairs (IIA) of Seoul National University’s Graduate School of International Studies. I am the first and main author and my
For my BA thesis as a history major at the University of California at Berkeley, I wrote concerning the formation and development of a colonial city in Iri (modern-day Iksan in North Jeolla Province). I detailed this process of urban genesis via the lens of a Japanese settler in the city, Ōhashi Sokujō, whose written account served as a major