Greg Scarlatoiu is currently the President and CEO of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK). Previously, he was Executive Director of HRNK for thirteen years, where he has directed, supervised, or authored fifty-eight publications. For twelve years, he has been a visiting professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and Yonsei University. Scarlatoiu is president of the International Council of Korean Studies (ICKS). He was a Radio Free Asia Korean columnist for twenty-one and a half years. He was director of public affairs and business issues for Korea Economic Institute (KEI) for three years and worked in international development for over six years, having conducted field work in Tanzania and Zambia. Scarlatoiu holds a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School, Tufts University, and a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts from Seoul National University’s Department of International Relations. He completed the MIT XXI Seminar for U.S. national security leaders in 2016-2017. Scarlatoiu was awarded the title ‘Citizen of Honor, City of Seoul,’ in January 1999. Born and raised in communist Romania, he is a naturalized U.S. citizen. Scarlatoiu is fluent in Korean, French and Romanian.

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