Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies, North Korean Studies MA & Asia Pacific Studies MA Courses Leader, Deputy Director of the International Institute of Korean Studies, University of Central Lancashire
Dr Sojin Lim is Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for both MA North Korean Studies and MA Asia Pacific Studies at the School of Languages and Global Studies, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). She also works as Deputy Director of the International Institute of Korean Studies (IKSU), and Chair of the Northern England Policy Centre for the Asia Pacific (NEPCAP).
Prior to joining UCLan, Dr Lim worked for aid agencies as senior research fellow with hands-on field experience. She obtained a BA and a MA from Ewha Womans University and a PhD from the Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) at the University of Manchester.
Dr Lim’s research interests lie at development studies, area studies, public policy, and political economy: development experience of South Korea; development assistance to North Korea; transformation of state system; global norms and compliance; and accountable institution and fragile states.
Dec 08, 2023 16:06 pm UTC| Politics
This year, unusually, North Korea allowed more than one candidate on the ballot for the recent local elections. Under new laws introduced in August this year, voters are now asked to choose between two candidates for North...
North Korea-US summit: what its failure means for the peninsula's future
Mar 01, 2019 13:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The summit talks between North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, and US president, Donald Trump, began in a climate of surprise and expectation in Singapore in June 2018. They have now ended (for the time being) in...