Suh, Chung-ha is currently Vice Chairman of the Korean Foreign Affairs Council and is teaching at Dankook Univ. in the capacity of visiting professor. Before having served as President of JPI from 2016 to 2018, he had built his career as a diplomat for 37 years. He was the Korean Ambassador to Singapore and Hungary. He earned an M.A. from SAIS of the United States as well as Seoul National Univ. and a Ph.D. from Choong-ang Univ.