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"Escape from Camp 14," with author Blaine Harden, 10 Magazine forum, May 3, 2013 (moderator)
"Road to Life" radio interview, "This Morning" on TBS eFM, May 1, 2013 (radio interview).
"Road to Life"--Rally for North Korean escapees, Seoul, April 30, 2013 (speaker).
"On Expertise and Ethics: Tourism in North Korea," by Alexander James, NK News, April 27, 2013 (quoted)
"Casey Lartigue update," Plan B Lifestyles Radio Show, April 17, 2013.
Interview on Dreams, 2032 Magazine, April 2013. 
"Western tourism on the rise, says N Korea," by Simon Mundy, The Financial Times, March 15, 2013 (quoted)
Liberty Society Emerges as a top global think tank, 2032 Magazine, March 2013 (feature article)
Is Tourism in North Korea Really Booming? If tourism is growing, should it be encouraged?, NK News, February 21, 2013 (quoted)
There's no place like home, The Korea Times, February 12, 2013 (op-ed)   Humanitarian with a Guillotine, The Korea Times, February 1, 2013 (op-ed).
Open Letter to Park's Advisers, The Korea Times, January 28, 2013 (op-ed).
Open Door to N. Koreans, The Korea Times, January 16, 2013 (op-ed).
North Korean refugees in South Korea, TBS eFM 1010.3, January 1, 2013 (radio interview).
Chang Ha-Joon's Foolish Consistency, The Korea Times, January 1, 2013 (op-ed).
Why I won't go to North Korea, The Korea Times, December 27, 2012 (op-ed).
Leadership camp with Harvard University mentors, December 26, 2012-Jan 12, 2013 (organizer, Senior Mentor)
GSIS Christmas Drive, December 7-21, 2012.
To be a good volunteer, use your brain, The Korea Times, December 5, 2012 (op-ed).
Libertarianism since 1940, Association for Economic Evolution, November 29, 2012 (speaker).
Hanyang Cyber University 10th annual conference, November 23, 2012 (adviser)
Asia Pacific International School fundraiser, November 21, 2012 (speaker, organizer)
IVC charity fundraiser, Yonsei University, November 20, 2012 (speaker, organizer) 
Race in Korea: bad, but better, The Korea Times, November 20, 2012 (op-ed)
Harvard Admissions Process, The Korea Times, November 9, 2012 (op-ed) 
Rome has come to you, The Korea Times, October 30, 2012 (op-ed)
"Global Leadership," Behmyung High School, September 27, 2012. (speaker)
"Global Competitiveness: Managing Oneself," Seoul National University,August 20, 2012 (speaker).  
Korea: The Hidden Economic Miracle, August 16, 2012 (organizer, host)
"Milton Friedman's Legacy," Evening Celebration, Liberty Society/Friedman Foundation, July 31, 2012. (speaker, organizer)
Leadership camp with Harvard University mentors, Korea National Sports University/Harvard Project Korea, July 23-August 3. (organizer, Senior Mentor)
"Michael Sandel, Justice and Free Markets: What's the Right--and Wrong--Thing to Do." Austrian Economics Summit," Shanghai, China, July 21, 2012. (speaker)
"Michael Sandel, Justice and Free Markets: What's the Right--and Wrong--Thing to Do." Liberty Society, July 11, 2012. (speaker)
"A Free Market Interpretation of the Western Financial Crisis," Liberty Society, June 15, 2012 (organizer, host)
"Casey Lartigue update from South Korea," Plan B Lifestyles radio show," June 8, 2012. (interviewed)
"Making It Happen," School of Persuasion, Colorado, USA,, May 4, 2012, trainer.

Heritage Foundation Resource Bank, April 26-27, Colorado, USA (participant) "Reasons for Hope in South Korea," Atlas Experience, Colorado, USA, April 25, 2012, speaker. 
Think Tank MBA, April 13-24, 2012, Virginia, USA (participant) 
Nothing to Envy? Roundtable with North Korean refugee, April 5, 2012 (moderator) 
"Common Sense" on North Korea, Korea Times, April 2, 2012 (op-ed)
Helping North Koreans 'strike the blow', Korea Times, March 22, 2012 (op-ed)
Mything the Point on Sweden, Korea Times, March 14, 2012 (op-ed)
Sweden’s Welfare State—Fact and Fiction, Forum, March 5, 2012 (Introduction)
“Freedmen” from North Korea, Korea Times, March 4, 2012 (op-ed)
“Linsanity” in Korea? What if…, Korea Times, February 23, 2012 (op-ed)
Love v. Economics, on Valentine’s Day, Korea Times, February 13, 2012 (op-ed)
Love vs. Economics, TBS eFM 101.3, February 14, 2012 (radio interview)
Beyond Beijing radio discussion on Youth Unemployment, China Radio International, February 9, 2012 (radio panelist)
Roundtable discussion on U.S. and Korean presidential elections, January 31, 2012 (moderator)
Steve Jobs on competition in education, Korea Herald, January 30, 2012 (op-ed)
Intellectual Shock in Seoul, Korea Times, January 20, 2012 (op-ed)
Should Korea adopt a welfare state? Korea Herald, January 16, 2012 (quoted at length)
Atlas Shrugged, Part 1, December 11, 2011
The Strange Nature of Welfare Populism in Italy,October 18, 2011 (MC)
The Death of Juche? Roundtable discussion about the development of markets in North Korea, Roundtable, September 28, 2011.
Yeogi Anjuseyo The Korea Times, September 2011
No: Subsidizing Everyone Wastes tax money (Korea Herald debate) August 2011
Welfare Populism: Lessons from Greece, Policy Forum, August 9, 2011
Roundtable discussion with G. Marcus Cole of Stanford University Law School
Park Chung-hee: Dictator or Benevolent Autocrat (Korea Herald) July 2011
Yes: Prohibition is worse than the crime (Korea Herald debate) June 2011
Surprise! North Koreans Love Me The Korea Times, July 2010
Economic Freedom and the Wealth of Nations, Conference, July 7, 2011
What Do You Like To Do? The Korea Times, June 2010
I Believe North Korea! The Korea Times, May 2010
Happy Earth Day! Why aren't you already dead? The Korea Times, April 2010

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