About Jiye

I’m a project coordinator, writer, and occasional spoken word performer based in The Hague. I do many serious things, like working in human rights, researching labour law, and lobbying the European Commission on taking anti-Asian racism seriously. I am good at dealing with many different kinds of people, problems, and places.

I’m one half of Burta Qollective, a food-loving duo who talk about food & politics, and one of many Asian Voices Europe. For over a decade, I’ve written essays about human rights work and my homeland. I

Occasionally, I perform spoken work poetry. My crowd favourites include a dream free from passport discrimination, a love letter that traveled back and forth on Signal, and imagining me running on a beach that runs across from North to South Korea with my friend Eunhee. Some people who inspire me are Andrea Gibson, Han Kang, Pina Bausch, Song Sohee, my grandma, and my friends.

Besides all the serious things, I like to garden on my balcony, go horseback riding, and make comics. Say hi!

2026

Feb 21: The Case of the Suitcase book presentation, Blind Date with a Book, The Hague Creators (Kunstbar Den Haag)
April 3: The Case of the Suitcase book launch at Kiosk Rotterdam (with publisher Ana Labudović from Riso and Friends)
April 17: Spoken word performance, The Hague Creators: Questions to ask on your first date & Rosetta
May 31: Spoken word performance, Labyrinth Amsterdam (For Rania, Rosetta)
June 6: Publication, Queer & Feminist Poetry Anthology Vol. II by Unwanted Words (Rosetta, For Rania, and Home)
July 11: Spoken word performance, solo exhibition siren eun young jung. resistant theatre (Stuttgart)
Aug 3-7: Volunteer interpreter at RIDEF Poland for Friends of Star | 별의친구들, a school for neurodivergent young adults
Aug 27-28: Asian Diasporic Workshop at Humboldt University Berlin, as part of Asian Voices Europe
Aug 30: Love & grief poetry night at Labyrinth Amsterdam (host: Elisa Andrea)