Hyun Sook Oum is currently a research professor at the Simyeon Institute for North Korean Studies at the University of North Korean Studies. She also teaches at the College of Liberal Arts and Graduate School of Techno Design at Kookmin University, the Graduate School of Education at Seoul National University of Education, and the Graduate School at Shinhan University. Additionally, she serves as a consultant for the National Unification Advisory Council and as a Unification Education Commissioner. Oum received her Ph.D. in North Korean Studies with a specialization in unification education from the University of North Korean Studies in 2016, with her dissertation titled “A Study on North Korean Educational Methods: 1960–2015.” Her primary research interests focus on North Korean and unification education as well as social integration between South and North Korea.
Her published papers include:
"A Study on University Students’ Perceptions of North Korea through Indirect Experiences" (2021)
"A Study on the Perception of Unification among Female College Students from South and North Korea" (2021)
"A Study on Cyber Education in North Korea in the Information Age" (2020)
"A Study on Higher Education Policy under Kim Jong-un: Focusing on the Doctoral Degree System" (2019)
"A Study on the Effects of Greatness Education under Kim Jong-un" (2018)
"The Expected Role of Professionals in the Kim Jong-un Era" (2019)
"Changes in the Minds of North Korean Residents regarding Deprivation"