North Korea's Hidden Revolution: How the Information Underground Is Transforming a Closed Society
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Jieun Baek
Jieun Baek (born April 12, 1987 in Los Angeles, CA) is the author of "North Korea's Hidden Revolution: How the Information Underground is Transforming a Closed Society." She received her bachelors and masters Harvard University and is a doctorate student of public policy at Oxford University. Before graduate school, she worked at Google Headquarters and was a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Baek is interested in closed societies, authoritarian regimes, foreign policy, and diplomacy. Visit her at JieunBaek.com, facebook.com/BaekJieun1 and Twitter @JieunBaek1
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