Announcement
Young-Hwan Ko, Former Deputy Director of the Institute for National Security Strategy
Graduate of the Pyongyang Foreign Language Revolution Academy with a major in French Language
BA from Pyongyang Foreign Language University in French Language and
Literature Former Deputy Director of the Institute for National Security Strategy
Former civilian fellow of Diplomatic Security on the Presidential Unification Preparing Committee
Former Senior Research Engineer at the Unification Policy Research Institute
Former Senior Research Engineer at the North Korean Affairs Research Institute
Former Strategy Information Chief at the Institute for National Security Strategy
Former Councilor at the Embassy of Zaire
Former Councilor at the Embassy of the Republic of Congo
Former Director of the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Former Instructor at the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(Specialized in North Korean affairs, the ruling system of Kim Jong Un and the prospects for the denuclearization of
the Korean Peninsula)
Jaehyon Lee, Senior Fellow of the Research Division at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies
BA in Political Science and International Studies from Yonsei University
MA in Political Science from Yonsei University
Ph.D. in Political Science from Murdoch University in Australia Current Senior Research Fellow of the
ASEAN-Oceania Research Program at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies
Former Senior Researcher of the Korean Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Former Visiting Scholar of the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security at the
Korea National Diplomatic Academy
(Specialized in Southeast Asian politics, East Asian cooperation, Oceania, and Southeast Asia)
Jong-Yun Bae, Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at Yonsei University
Ph.D. in Political Science from Yonsei University
Current director of Haesung Institute for Ethics in International Affairs
Current Policy Advisor to the Ministry of Unification
Current Advisor to the National Assembly Research Service
Former director of the Center for Maritime Affairs at the Institute of East and West Studies
Former Head of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Korean Unification Studies at Yonsei University
Former Chairperson of the Department of Political Science and International Studies at Yonsei University
Former leader of the Office of Research Affairs/University Industry Foundation at Yonsei University
Former research professor at the Kim Dae-jung Presidential Library and Museum at Yonsei University
Former research associate at the Princeton University Institute for International and Regional Studies