About the Author

Gi-Wook Shin is the director of Shorenstein APARC, the founding director of the Korean Studies Program, senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and associate professor of sociology, all at Stanford University. Shin is also coeditor of the Journal of Korean Studies and the author/editor of many books and articles. Daniel C. Sneider is the associate director for research at Shorenstein APARC. He was a 2005-06 Pantech Fellow at the Center, and is the former foreign affairs columnist of the San Jose Mercury News. He has appeared as a foreign affairs commentator on the News Hour with Jim Lehrer and on National Public Radio.