Hanna Jolkovsky

Hanna Jolkovsky

Hanna Jolkovsky is senior at the University of Southern California, where she is double majoring in International Relations and History and minoring in Korean Studies. Her focus is on the history and international relations of the Pacific Rim, with an emphasis in security. She values traveling and studying abroad in order to understand the intricacies of different nations’ political and social conflicts. She studied overseas at Ewha Women’s University in Seoul, South Korea during the summer of 2013, and spent the spring term of 2015 studying History and War Studies at King’s College London. She spent the summer of 2015 conducting field research regarding Arctic Council Governance and climate change issues in Iceland, Norway, and Finland with Vice Dean Steven Lamy. Hanna joined Glimpse from the Globe as a Correspondent in 2015.

Understanding North Korea’s Logic for Divided Family Reunions

Throughout the week of October 20, 2015, 1000 family members pulled apart in the Korean War of 1950-53 reunited in an emotional meeting at Mount Kumgang resort, located on North Korea’s east coast. Fathers and sons, husbands and wives, and ...

Tracking Costa Rica’s Renewable Energy Growth

While most countries are still discussing ideas of how to curb carbon emissions, last March, Costa Rica made a groundbreaking announcement—their state-run utility company reported that they had powered their country’s electricity through renewable energy sources for a record-breaking 75 ...