Sung-Yoon Lee

Sung-Yoon Lee is a Korean-American academic, author and expert on North Korea whose book The Sister examines the extraordinary rise of Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, to become one of the most powerful and dangerous women in the world. Lee is a professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where he specialises in Korean and East Asian affairs. His analysis of Kim Yo Jong reveals how she has emerged from the shadows of the Kim dynasty to become a key decision-maker in one of the world's most secretive and threatening regimes. Lee draws on years of scholarship, intelligence analysis and close observation of North Korean politics to create a portrait of a figure who combines charm with ruthlessness. His writing makes the complex dynamics of North Korean leadership accessible to general readers while maintaining academic rigour. The audiobook edition brings his authoritative, engaging account of Kim Yo Jong's rise to power to listeners interested in geopolitics, North Korean affairs and the personalities that shape some of the world's most dangerous regimes.