Zoom Link for First Krasno Global Event: Dr SUNG-YOON LEE--"How Dangerous is North Korea? Five Myths About the Ultra-Strange Despotic State"

 

Delighted to pass along notice of ths quite interesting event.

 The first Krasno Global Event for this semester will take place TODAY - THURSDAY, Sept. 12, 5.30pm, in the Mandela auditorium at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Dr SUNG-YOON LEE will talk about "HOW DANGEROUS is NORTH KOREA? Five Myths about the Ultra-Strange Despotic State" in conversation with Prof. Klaus Larres

Please join us in person at the Mandela auditorium (Fed Ex General Education Building, 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill) (Parking after 5pm in the parking deck beneath the Fed Ex building).

You can also watch us online on Zoom -Zoom link for accessing the event:
https://zoom.us/j/98072415115

NO RSVP necessary - just join us at 5.30pm TODAY
Please see our website.

More about Dr. Sung-Yoon Lee (taken from the website) below.

 

Dr Sung-Yoon Lee is a former long-time faculty member at Tufts University in Boston and Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC. He is the author of the bestselling book
"The Sister: The Extraordinary Story of Kim Yo Jong, the most powerful woman in North Korea"
(PanMacmillan, 2023). ,

Zoom link for accessing the event:
https://zoom.us/j/98072415115

‘In explaining the rise to power of Kim Yo Jong, Lee displays his deep knowledge and understanding of North Korea’s extreme, ruthless and self-obsessed dynastic autocracy, the creators and rulers of a de-facto nuclear weapon state. Not a reassuring story’ – Sir John Scarlett, former Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)

Written by Dr Sung-Yoon Lee, a scholar and specialist on North Korea who has advised the US government, The Sister is a jaw-dropping account of the spectacular rise of Kim Yo Jong, de-facto deputy to her brother, Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, and the most powerful woman in North Korea.

The Sister uncovers the truth about Kim Yo Jong, her close bond with Kim Jong Un and the lessons in manipulation they learned from their father. Lee also examines the iron grip the Kim dynasty has on their country, the grotesque deaths of family members deemed disloyal, and the signs that Kim Yo Jong has been positioned as her brother’s successor should he die while his own children are young.