Dr. Kim Joon-hyung was inaugurated as the Chancellor of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, on 12 August 2019. Prior to this responsibility, he served as a professor in the Department of International Studies at Handong Global University (1999 to 2019). He also served as Planning Director & Director of the Foreign Policy Research Center at Korea Peace Forum (2013 to 2019); a member of the Subcommittee for Foreign Affairs and Security at the State Affairs Planning Advisory Committee (2017); a member of the National Security Council Advisory Committee (2017 to 2019); Advisory Committee Chair for Reforming the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2017 to 2019); and a member of the Presidential Commission on Policy Planning (2017 to 2019). Chancellor Kim holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from George Washington University, U.S. (1996), a Master’s degree in Political Science from George Washington University, U.S. (1990), and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Diplomacy from Yonsei University, Republic of Korea (1986).