Jae Hun Hwang

Jae Hun Hwang is a Communications Intern at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI). His interests span the U.S.-South Korea alliance, economic security in the Indo-Pacific, and global health, with a focus on extended deterrence, defense industrial supply chains, and bilateral trade. At KEI, he creates written and visual content for the institute’s social media platforms, researches U.S.-South Korea issues, contributes to the KEI Weekly newsletter, and supports events.

Before joining KEI, Jae Hun was a Global Relations Intern at Caltech ENC, a South Korean engineering firm, where he served as the link between its headquarters in South Korea and its U.S. operations on procurement and export documentation. He also writes about world politics and technology on Substack. A native Korean speaker who grew up in Turkiye, Jae Hun is an MA candidate in international relations at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, where his research examines drone supply chain dependence in South Korea and India. He holds a bachelor’s degree in human biology and society from the University of California, Los Angeles.