Greg Scarlatoiu is the Executive Director of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK), where he has directed the publication of over 50 reports on North Korea’s detention facilities, regime dynamics, vulnerable groups, and information environment. He has been a visiting professor at Yonsei University since 2022 and taught at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies for 8 years. Scarlatoiu is president of the International Council on Korean Studies (ICKS).

For the past 21 years, he has authored and broadcast the Korean language “Scarlatoiu Column” for Radio Free Asia (RFA). His experience includes 3 years with Korea Economic Institute in Washington, D.C. and over 6 years in international development. 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 the recipient of the Global Peace Award for Human Rights and Religious Freedom (Manila, December 2023) and the 10 th Korean Unification Contribution Award (Seoul, November 2022). Scarlatoiu was awarded the title ‘Citizen of Honor, City of Seoul’ (January 1999) and ‘Citizen of Honor, City of Buzǎu (his Romanian hometown, April 2018). Born and raised in communist Romania, Scarlatoiu is a naturalized U.S. citizen. He is fluent in Korean and French and a native Romanian speaker.