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Yong Kwon joined KEI as the Director of Communications in September 2018. He is responsible for KEI’s social media strategy and outreach to news agencies.
Yong comes to KEI from the consulting firm The Asia Group where he supported U.S. companies operating in the South Korean market. In addition to providing briefings on the political dynamics shaping KORUS negotiations, he directly assisted clients with their market entry and expansion campaigns. As part of this effort, he helped prepare a Houston-based energy company for off-take discussions with three of the largest players in South Korea’s petrochemical industry. More recently, he helped a trade group research and develop a messaging campaign around the need for greater transparency and investment in Korea’s public healthcare sector.
Prior to joining The Asia Group, Yong worked as a politics and business commentator. In addition to covering South Korea’s foreign policy for Asia Times Online, Yong served as the inaugural columnist for The Diplomat Magazine’s page on the Korean Peninsula.
Yong holds a MSc in Economic History from the London School of Economics where he focused on South Korea’s financial policies during the 1970s. He holds a BA in International Affairs from The George Washington University.
You can follow him on Twitter @ykwon88
March 25, 2020
This week, Congress introduced 2 articles of impeachment against President Trump. One for abuse of power and one for obstruction of Congress. The ongoing confrontation between the White House and…
December 13, 2019
The ongoing confrontation between the White House and U.S. Congress will likely engross President Donald Trump’s political attention in the months ahead. Given his central role in executing highly delicate…
December 10, 2019
While it is frustrating to see North Korean projectiles flying out to sea and Pyongyang’s erratic, unpredictable reactions in negotiations, we cannot forget where things stood in 2017 – the…
November 22, 2019
What does it mean to be Korean? Is a person's Korean identity contingent on their birth on the Korean Peninsula, their parents’ ethnicity, or their ability to speak Korean? 100…
November 22, 2019
Please join us for a conversation with experts from the UK, Korea, and the U.S. to discuss whether the G7 Summit achieved its goals.
June 9, 2021
Yong Kwon, Mark Tokola, Lee Hye-min, John Nilsson-Wright, Susan Thornton
A discussion on the summit outcomes and what they might mean for U.S.-Korea relations in the final year of President Moon’s term in office.
May 18, 2021
Please join us for a wide-ranging discussion about the potential and limitations of the UN, and the daunting challenges facing us now.
May 14, 2021
Thomas Byrne, Kathleen Stephens, Yong Kwon, Ban Ki-moon
Please join us for two panel discussions on South Korea’s geopolitical outlook and its evolving security engagements with ASEAN nations.
May 5, 2021
Kyle Ferrier, Yong Kwon, Andrew Yeo, Prashanth Parameswaran, Hoo Chiew Ping
The long 2020 is behind us and expectations for President Joe Biden could not be higher. Many constituents demand that the new U.S. administration fix not only what Mr. Trump damaged during his four years in office but also parts of society that were broken long before the 2016 election. President Biden no doubt realizes…
June 16, 2021
We were reminded last year that it can be difficult to anticipate the events that will dominate any given year. As 2020 began, few people expected focus of the world or the Korean Peninsula to be on a global pandemic, but that is how the year unfolded. South Korea has handled the pandemic relatively well…
January 8, 2021
By Kyle Ferrier, Sang Kim, Yong Kwon, and Troy Stangarone After the U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore, 2019 was supposed to be the year that the United States and North Korea worked out a deal to begin dismantling its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. It was not to be. The talks fell apart at…
January 31, 2020
By Yong Kwon, Soojin Hwang, and Rachel Kirsch The ongoing confrontation between the White House and U.S. Congress will likely engross President Donald Trump’s political attention in the months ahead. Given his central role in executing highly delicate negotiations with North Korea and high-stakes face-off over trade with China, the impeachment inquiry may affect the…