Sang Kim

Sang Kim is the Director of Public Affairs at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI). She is responsible for KEI’s public outreach programs, especially those aimed at bringing public discussion of the U.S.-Korea relations beyond Washington, DC. She joined KEI in April 2013 as the Office Manager and Executive Assistant and has taken various responsibilities including serving as the Associate Director of Programs and managing KEI’s internship program. She writes on South Korean domestic politics, social and cultural trends.

Prior to joining KEI, Kim held an internship at the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins SAIS where she researched a variety of issues related to Korean affairs, focused mainly on U.S.-Korea and inter-Korea relations. Kim graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a B.A. in Government & Politics with minors in Korean Studies and Chinese Language. She earned her Master’s degree in Security Policy Studies from the George Washington University.