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- September 2014 - Present: President of UCLG ASPAC
- July 2014 - Present: 37th Governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
- April 2012 - May 2008: Member of 18th National Assembly, South Korea
- June 2011: Supreme Council, Grand National Party (GNP)
- July 2010: Secretary General, Grand National Party
- June 2010: Chairman of Committee for Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Unification, National Assembly
- May 2009: Chairman of the Special Renovation Committee, GNP
- October 2008: Chairman of Low Carbon Green Growth National Forum
- December 2006 - May 2000: Member of the 15th and 17th National Assembly, South Korea
- 2004: Young Global Leader at World Economic Forum
- August 1998 – March 1995: Public prosecutor in Seoul, Suwon, Yeoju and Busan
- 1993: Passed 34th National Bar Exam, South Korea

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- 2007: Honorary doctorate in Political Science, Jeju National University
- 2003: Master's degree in New Media, Graduate School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Hanyang University
- 1989: Seoul National University, School of Law (LL.B)