Jin-Tae Hwang is an assistant professor in the Department of North Korean Studies at Dongguk University in Seoul and a former research fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification. Trained as a political geographer, his research focuses on North Korea, inter-Korean borderlands, and North Korea-Russia relations. His recent work has appeared in The Pacific Review and Australian Journal of International Affairs, and he has also written on North Korean security and Russia for The Diplomat.