Soo Kim is a Korean Peninsula and U.S.–Korea strategy expert, host of the YouTube channel 수김의 LUCID렌즈, and a geopolitical risk consultant. Her insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, BBC, CNN, NBC, Financial Times, Bloomberg, PBS, Voice of America, and major Korean outlets. She also contributes commentary to The Korea Times.

Previously, Soo served as an analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and advised policy at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where she developed and authored organizational strategies. She has also worked as a policy analyst at the RAND Corporation and as an adjunct professor at American University.

Soo holds a BA in French from Yale University and a doctorate in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins University SAIS.