Biography
Amb. Sangki Chung (丁相基) has been a career diplomat for 36 years. He worked in the Korean Embassy in Taipei, Singapore, China, Japan, and San Francisco (as a Consul-General), and the Korean Mission in Taipei (as a Representative). He was the first Korean diplomat sent to Beijing in 1990 to open the Korean Representative Office before Korea established diplomatic relations with China.
At home, he worked as a Director of Northeast Asia Division 2, Director-General of the Asia and Pacific Affairs Bureau, Deputy Secretary of Protocol to the President of ROK, President of the National Institute for International Education (Ministry of Education), and Ambassador for Northeast Asian Regional Cooperation.
He is currently a Distinguished Professor at Konkuk University in Korea and an advisor to the Korean-Chinese Association of Social Science Studies.
He accompanied President Kim Dae-joong to North Korea as a member of the historic Inter-Korea Summit delegation in June 2000. In 2003, he was a fellow of the International Visitors Program of the State Department of the USA.
He wased by the Overseas Korean Newspaper as the “Most Outstanding Consul-General of the Year 2006” and by World Koreanet as one of five best Ambassadors in 2012.
Ambassador Chung studied at Konkuk University (BA) and Chinese Cultural University (MA) and received a Ph.D. (Politics) from Konkuk University. He speaks fluent Chinese and Japanese. He has taken his current position since June 2015.
At home, he worked as a Director of Northeast Asia Division 2, Director-General of the Asia and Pacific Affairs Bureau, Deputy Secretary of Protocol to the President of ROK, President of the National Institute for International Education (Ministry of Education), and Ambassador for Northeast Asian Regional Cooperation.
He is currently a Distinguished Professor at Konkuk University in Korea and an advisor to the Korean-Chinese Association of Social Science Studies.
He accompanied President Kim Dae-joong to North Korea as a member of the historic Inter-Korea Summit delegation in June 2000. In 2003, he was a fellow of the International Visitors Program of the State Department of the USA.
He wased by the Overseas Korean Newspaper as the “Most Outstanding Consul-General of the Year 2006” and by World Koreanet as one of five best Ambassadors in 2012.
Ambassador Chung studied at Konkuk University (BA) and Chinese Cultural University (MA) and received a Ph.D. (Politics) from Konkuk University. He speaks fluent Chinese and Japanese. He has taken his current position since June 2015.
