KIM Suweon writes on food, animals, and films in light of development cooperation and public diplomacy with a specialization in Afro-Asia relations. Having completed her MSocSc and PhD in Cape Town, South Africa funded by the government of Korea, she went on to teaching at the Accra campus of Webster University. She joined Hankuk University of Foreign Studies faculty as an assistant professor in the department of International Studies at Graduate School of International and Area Studies in 2020.
Her recent article titled ‘Almost South-South solidarity: The frustration of K-pop fans (but not true fans) in South Africa’ illuminates the contours of digitalization in a less-studied light of emotion. She is currently engaged in a trilateral research collaboration of Korea-Canada-Uganda to understand the political economy of the international assistance on rice production.