As of 18 December 2019
BOOKS
- 2017. edited, A History of Human Rights Society in Singapore: 1965-2015. London: Routledge.
- 2014. co-edited with Alistair D.B. Cook. Irregular Migration and Human Security in East Asia . London: Routledge.
- 2010. Human Rights Discourse in North Korea: Post-colonial, Marxist and Confucian Perspectives. London: Routledge.
BOOK CHAPTERS
- 2018. “The emergence of North Korean defector-activists in transnational activism,” in Danielle Chubb and Andrew Yeo eds. Transnational Activism and International Discourses on North Korean human rights. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- 2017. “People Smuggling in North Asia,” in John Coyne and Madeline Nyst eds. People Smuggler Globally 2017. Canberra: Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
- 2017. “Introduction,” in Jiyoung Song ed. A History of Human Rights Society in Singapore, 1965-2015. London: Routledge.
- 2016. “Migrant Smuggling in East Asia,” in The International Organization for Migration (IOM) ed., 2016 Global Report on Migrant Smuggling (Geneva: IOM, 2016).
- 2016. “The Nexus between Migration and Security in the Asia-Pacific,” in The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) ed., 2016 Asia-Pacific Security Assessment (London: IISS, 2016).
- 2014. “Introduction” in Jiyoung Song and Alistair D.B. Cook eds. Irregular Migration and Human Security in East Asia (London: Routledge, 2014).
- 2014. “Complex Human Security in North Korean Irregular Migration,” in Jiyoung Song and Alistair D.B. Cook eds. Irregular Migration and Human Security in East Asia (London: Routledge, 2014).
JOURNAL ARTICLES
- 2019. (with Steven Denney) “Studying North Korea through North Korean migrants: lessons from the field,” Critical Asian Studies, 51:3, 451-466, DOI:1080/14672715.2019.1611462
- 2018. (with Markus Bell) “North Korean Secondary Asylum in the United Kingdom,” Migration Studies. https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnx074
- 2017. “Co-evolution of networks and discourses: a case of North Korean defector-activists,” Australian Journal of International Affairs 71(3), pp. 284-299. DOI: 10.1080/10357718.2016.1266600
- 2015. “Human Security of Karen Refugees in Thailand,” Journal of Population and Social Studies 23(1), pp. 213-225.
- 2015. “Redefining Human Security for Vulnerable Migrants in East Asia,” Journal of Human Security 11(1), pp. 45-56.
- 2015. “Five Phases of Brokered International Marriages in South Korea: A Complexity Perspective,” Asian Studies 1(1), pp. 147-176.
- 2015. “Twenty Years’ Evolution of North Korean Migration, 1994-2014: a Human Security Perspective,” Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies 2(2), pp. 399-415.
- 2013. “‘Smuggled Refugees’: the social construction of North Korean migration,” International Migration 51(4), pp. 158-73.
- 2010. “How Communist is North Korea?: from the birth to the death of Marxist ideas of human rights,” Cambridge Review of International Affairs 23(4), pp. 561-87.
- 2010. “The Right to Survival in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” The European Journal of East Asian Studies 9(1) , pp. 87-117.
- 2008. (with Robert Weatherley). “The Evolution of Human Rights Thinking in North Korea,” The Journal of Communist Studies and Transitional Politics 24(2) , pp. 272-96.
POLICY PAPERS
- 2018. Labour migration as complementary pathways for refugees, Working Paper for the Department of Immigration and Border Protection. Sydney: Lowy Institute.
- 2017. Safe and Legal Migration in Asia-Pacific, Baseline Study for the Bali Process. Bangkok: Regional Support Office of the Bali Process.
- 2017. (with Neil Cuthbert), Removals of Failed Asylum Seekers in Australia: a comparative perspective, Working Paper for the Migration and Border Policy project with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection. Sydney: Lowy Institute.
- 2016. Australia and the Anti-Trafficking Regime in Southeast Asia, Working Paper for the Migration and Border Policy project with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection. Sydney: Lowy Institute.
SELECTED COMMENTARIES
- 2018. “Onward Migration: Why Do North Korean Migrants Leave South Korea?,” SinoNK, 26 February.
- 2018. “Two Koreas working together on Winter Olympics is a small but important step toward peace,” The Conversation, 6 February 2018.
- 2017. “How Australia could help South Korea deal with North Korea,” NK News, 9 November.
- 2017. “Trump and the Rocket Man’s ‘North Korea First’ Policy,” Pursuit, 21 September.
- 2017. “The women who will lead the two Korea’s nuke negotiation teams,” NK News, 7 September.
- 2017. “After North Korea’s denuclearisation has failed, who can bring it back to the negotiation table?,” The Guardian, 4 September.
- 2017. “High hopes for first female foreign minister,” The Korea Times, 26 June 2017.
- 2017. “Turnbull’s policy towards North Korea crucially ignores South Korea,” The Guardian, 9 June 2017.
- 2017. “Why Ban Ki-Moon is Not Going To Be the Next South Korean President,” The Diplomat, 18 January 2017.
- 2017. (with Isobel Crealy) “Why teaching refugee children is so crucial,” The Interpreter, 17 January 2017.
- 2016. “South Korean Scandal Prompts Possible Resignation,” Australian Outlook, 29 November 2016.
- 2016. “What do we know about the central American refugee deal between the US and Australia?,” The Guardian, 25 November 2016.
- 2016. “The Challenge for Asia’s Female Politicians,” The Diplomat, 23 November 2016.
- 2016. “Choi’s silent supporters,” The Korea Times, 13 November 2016.
- 2016. (with Rachael Buckland) “What Malaysia has to gain from migration reform,” The Interpreter, 30 September 2016.
- 2016. “UN and Obama Summits: What’s Next?,” The Interpreter, 21 September 2016.
- 2016. “Myanmar’s Muslims: a long way down Aung San Suu Kyi’s to-do list,” The Interpreter, 16 August 2016.
- 2016. “Time for a whole-of-nation approach to asylum seekers,” The Interpreter, 11 August 2016.
- 2016. “The Migration-Security Nexus in Australia and Asia Part 5,” The Interpreter, 14 July 2016; “The Migration-Security Nexus in Australia and Asia Part 4,” The Interpreter, 6 July 2016; “The Migration-Security Nexus in Australia and Asia Part 3,” The Interpreter, 20 June 2016; “The Migration-Security Nexus in Australia and Asia Part 2,” The Interpreter, 6 June 2016; “The Migration-Security Nexus in Australia and Asia Part 1,” The Interpreter, 23 May 2016.
- 2016. “Why a prosperous nation needs migration,” The Interpreter, 17 February 2016.
- 2016. “High Court detention-centre decision highlights duelling forces in migration,” The Interpreter, 11 February 2016.
- 2016. “Human Rights in Asia and the West,” Global Ethics Network, 28 January 2016.
- 2015. “Studying North Korean human rights: a South Korean’s perspective,” NK News, 28 December 2015.
- 2015. “Who really speaks for North Korea’s abduction victims?,” NK News, 25 November 2015.
- 2015. “What is life like for North Koreans in Britain,” NK News,15 October 2015.
- 2015. “Why do North Korean testimonies so often fall apart,” The Guardian, 13 October 2015.
- 2015. “Unreliable Witnesses,” Policy Forum, 1 August 2015.
- 2015. “Final Destination,” Policy Forum, 17 June 2015.
- 2012. ジヨン・ソン, ‘北朝鮮からの非正規移住,’ 東日本大震災 移住者たちは今, 通巻151 号 (2012 年6 月25 日発行(毎月1 回25 日発行)[Jiyoung Song, ‘Irregular migration of North Koreans in China and Southeast Asia,’ Migrant Networks 151 (June 2012)] (in Japanese, translated by the publisher)
- 2011. “North Korea: What Next?” Chatham House Expert Comments, 20 December 2011.
- 2009. (with Kerry Brown) “North Korea’s fate, Chimerica’s test,” Open Democracy, 7 December 2009.
- 2009. “영국의원님 눈엔 세금은 눈먼돈 (British MPs’ blind money),” Sisain, No. 99, 3 August 2009. (in Korean)
- 2009. “영국의 현재는 한국의 미래다? (Britain’s Present is Korea’s Future?),” Sisain, No. 84, 20 April 2009. (in Korean)
- 2009. “영국식 교육개혁 (UK Education Reforms),” Sisain, No. 82, 6 April 2009. (in Korean)
- 2008. “케임브리지 마지막 공산당원 (The last member of the Cambridge Communist Party),” Sisain, No. 67, 23 December 2008. (in Korean).
- 2002. “The Invisible Refugees: North Korean asylum seekers in China,” China Rights Forum, No. 3 (2002), pp. 5-11.