Sohee Hwang is a Research Fellow at the Yonsei Political Research Institute. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Yonsei University in 2024. Her research focuses on North Korean domestic politics and foreign policy, authoritarian leadership and succession, elite politics, and inter-Korean relations. Her recent publications include “Top Elite Rearrangement during Political Succession in the Authoritarian Regime: A Comparative Case Study of Two Successions in North Korea” in Korea Observer and “A New Concept of ‘Kim Jong Un Partizan’ Discourse and Authoritarian Durability in North Korea” in Pacific Focus.