Degree
2003.02.Department of Political Science, Sogang Univeristy, [Ph.D.]
1992.02.Department of Political Science, Kyungnam Univeristy, [M.A.]
1990.02. Department of Political Science, Kyungnam Univeristy, [B.A.]
1979.02.Baejeong High School
Experience
2019.-Present. President of The Korean Association of the Cold War Studies
2016.12.-Present. Operating Committee member, Diplomatic History Research Center, Korea National Diplomatic Academy
2015.03.-Present. Vice president, University of North Korean Studies
2015.02.-2017.06.Member of the Committee to Find Truth of Damage from North Korea's Abduction during Korean War and Recover Honor of Victim, Office of the Prime Minister
2013.09.-2015.08.Consultant, Policy Advisory Committee, Ministry of Unification
2010.03.-Present. Assistant professor, professor at the University of North Korean Studies
2008.07.-2010.02. Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
2005.03.-2010.02.Associate professor at the University of North Korean Studies
2005.03.-2009.02. Director of Planning of IFES, Kyungnam Universityof Korea
2004.03.-2004.08. Lecturer, Yonsei University
2001.09.-2005.02. Researcher, IFES, Kyungnam Univeristy; Professor, Graduate School of North Korean Studies
1996.03.-1996. Lecturer, Sogang University
1991.04.-2001.08. Researcher and senior researcher at IFES, Kyungnam University
Artice
* 2020, “Kim Il Sung’s Visit to Beijing during the Communization of Indochina in 1975: Its Backdrop, Intentions, and Consequences” East Asian Studies.
Books
* 2005, Theory of Inter-Korean Relations. (Co-author)
* 2005, Principle Issues of South Korean Society and State Control. (Co-author)
* 2009, The Dynamics of Change in North Korea: An Institutionalist Perspective. (Co-author)
* 2009, U.S.-ROK Relations during the park Jung Hee Administration. (Co-author)
* 2014, Two Korean Politics: Theory, History, Prospect. (Co-author)
* 2016, South Korea in the Seventy Years of National Division
* 2019, The History of ROK Diplomacy. (Co-author)