Research Student
Working toward a PhD in Laws, expected 2020
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Angela Kim is a PhD candidate at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law. She is currently conducting research on her thesis, titled “State Succession in the Case of a Unified Korea: The Legal Effects on Treaties and the Rights of Third States,” with her research interests lying in public international law, treaty law, and international legal perspectives on Korean unification.
Angela received her Master of Laws from the George Washington University Law School in 2015 with a specialization in International and Comparative Law, and her Bachelor of Laws from Handong Global University in 2014.
In 2018, Angela was accepted as a visiting scholar at the George Washington Institute for Korean Studies and the George Washington University Law School where she conducted research related to her thesis for 8 months in the District of Columbia. Angela is also an active member of the District of Columbia Bar.
State Succession in the Case of a Unified Korea: The Legal Effects on Treaties and the Rights of Third States, co-supervised by Professors Stephen HALL and Stuart HARGREAVES.
Angela is interested in public international law, treaty law and the international legal perspectives of a Korean unification. With her thesis, she hopes to determine the legal effects on pre-existing bilateral treaties of the DPRK with other State parties as well on the rights of third States post-Korean unification in the realm of international law.
- “An End to the Korean War: The Legal Character of the 2018 Summit Declarations and Implications of an Official Korean Peace Treaty”, 9(2) Asian Journal of International Law 206 (2019).
- “After Panmunjom, both sides agree: a formal end to Korean conflict must involve US and China”, Hong Kong Free Press, 20 May 2018: https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/20/panmunjom-sides-agree-formal-end-korean-conflict-must-involve-us-china/.
- Participant, 2018 Knowing North Korea: A Workshop for Students and Young Professionals, organized by the National Committee on North Korea.
- Visiting Scholar, The George Washington University Institute for Korean Studies (Jan – Jun 2018) and The George Washington University Law School (Jul 2018 – Aug 2018).
- Master of Laws in International and Comparative Law, George Washington University Law School, United States, 2015.
- Bachelor of Laws in US and International Law, Handong Global University, South Korea, 2014.
- Bachelor of Arts in Global Management, Handong Global University, South Kore, 2014.
- Member of the District of Columbia Bar (since February 2017)