Jenna Gibson is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago in the subfield of International Relations. Her research interests include: foreign policy rhetoric, public and cultural diplomacy, South Korean politics and social issues, and U.S.-Korea relations. Jenna was a regular contributor to the Korea column for The Diplomat for three years, and has also written about Korean politics and social issues for media outlets like Foreign Policy and NPR and think tanks like the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Before pursuing her doctorate, Jenna was Director of Communications at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI). She previously lived for two years in Cheonan, South Korea as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant. Jenna earned a Master of Science in Foreign Service degree from Georgetown University in 2015, and a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2011.

John Delury is Professor of Chinese Studies at Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), where he serves as chair of the Program in International Studies at Underwood International College (UIC) and founding director of the Yonsei Center on Oceania Studies. He is the author of the forthcoming book with Cornell University Press, Agents of Subversion: The Fate of John T. Downey and the CIA's Covert War in China, and co-author, with Orville Schell, of Wealth and Power: China's Long March to the Twenty-first Century. Based in Seoul since 2010, his articles can be found in journals such as Asian Survey, Late Imperial China, and Journal of Asian Studies, his commentaries appear in Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, and 38 North. He contributes book reviews for the quarterly journal Global Asia, where he is associate managing editor. He received a Ph.D. in History from Yale University.

Victoria Kim is former LA Times correspondent. Since joining the paper in 2007, she has covered state and federal courts, worked on investigative projects and reported on Southern California’s Korean community. She has previously written for the Associated Press out of South Korea and West Africa, as well as for the Financial Times in New York. Kim was raised in Seoul and graduated from Harvard University with a degree in history.

Bernie Cho is the President of DFSB Kollective, a Seoul-based Artist & Label Services agency that specializes in providing digital media, marketing, and distribution solutions to 1500+ Korean Pop music artists. As more K-Pop acts aspire to go independent and international, DFSB Kollective creatively collaborates with artists and their management companies to devise customized strategies that directly connect them to their local and global fans. Since 2009, the agency has successfully produced numerous K-Pop concerts and showcases in North America, Asia, and Europe as well as secured #1 digital music chart debuts for various K-Pop albums in the US, Canada, Japan, Korea, Greater China, Southeast Asia, Australasia, and Europe. In order to raise the recognition of Korean music internationally, DFSB Kollective is a member of Merlin Network (global digital music rights agency for the world's leading independent labels) and an official content provider to top international DSPs (Digital Service Providers) such as Apple iTunes Music, Spotify, Amazon, YouTube Music, Deezer, Pandora, iHeart Radio, TIDAL, Facebook, TikTok, Tencent Music Entertainment, NetEase Cloud Music, KKBox, JOOX, AWA, JioSaavn, Boomplay, Anghami, and Yandex, and more. As one of the first and foremost K-Pop music exporters, DFSB Kollective and its artists have been featured speakers/performers at top international music industry events (BIGSOUND, Clockenflap, CMJ, CMW, SXSW, Coachella, The Great Escape, Glastonbury, Summer Sonic, Music Matters, MusicBiz, MIDEM) and profiled in leading international media outlets (ABS-CBN, Arte, BBC, Billboard, Bloomberg, CNN, Discovery, E!, Forbes, Monocle, MTV, Musically, Newsweek, New York Times, NBC, NPR, Pitchfork, SCMP, Spin, Time, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post). And as one of the most experienced experts on the Korean music market, DFSB Kollective has also served as special project consultants for international advertising agencies (RGA/Octagon), video game developers (Ubisoft/Riot Games), and movie/documentary production studios (A24/YouTube Originals/Vice Media). Prior to founding DFSB Kollective, Bernie served as the Head of MTV Korea’s Digital Media Production and worked for nearly 2 decades in the Korean music industry as a Creative Planner, TV Program Producer, TV Show Host, and Radio Commentator. He has earned a BA from Dartmouth College in Government/Asian Studies and has graduated from the Vancouver Film School (Foundation Film Program).