Jae is pursuing her PhD at IDS from January 2017. Her research is on how Burmese political refugees returning from South Korea are contributing to development in Myanmar and the relationship between this and their experience in South Korea. She has been a practitioner in the field of refugee and migration for over 15 years through her work at South Korean NGOs, UNHCR offices in Sri Lanka and Uganda, and the South Korean Ministry of Justice and is currently on leave of absence for study abroad from the Ministry.