Min Joo Kim is a reporter in The Washington Post's Seoul bureau covering the Korean peninsula. She has written extensively on the region's politics, diplomacy and social issues, with a focus on US-Korea relations. Among the stories she’s covered are the Trump-Kim nuclear talks, North Korea's evasion of sanctions, and most recently, the new Yoon Suk-yeol administration in South Korea. She has spoken on major English-language media outlets including the BBC. She graduated from New York University with a Bachelor's Degree in Film and New Media Studies in 2017.

Dasl Yoon is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Seoul, where she covers North Korea. She also covers politics and general news about the Korean Peninsula.

Aram Hur is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Harry S. Truman School of Government & Public Affairs at the University of Missouri, where she also serves as Co-Director of the MU Institute for Korean Studies. Dr. Hur’s research focuses on national politics and democracy, with particular focus on issues of identity change, integration, and democratic support in East Asia. She is the author of Narratives of Civic Duty: How National Stories Shape Democracy in Asia (Cornell University Press, 2022). Her work is published in leading academic journals such as the British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Politics, and Journal of East Asian Studies, and cited in media outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Foreign Policy.

Nicholas Eberstadt is the Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he researches and writes on demographics and economic development, as well as on security in the Korean peninsula and Asia. Mr. Eberstadt is also a senior adviser to the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR). He has also served as consultant or adviser for a variety of units within the US government.