Biography
Dr. KWAAK is a globally recognized visionary and architect of peace and has long been active in promoting global peace and the world citizens' movement. He founded the WCO, World Citizens Organization, in 1987, and WCO’s immediate activity was to organize SAO, Seoul Assembly of Olympia. As a response to any boycott of the previous Olympics, SAO received support from President Gorbachev and President Reagan and realized the full participation without any boycott and eventual ending of the Cold War era.
He is also a policy planner, architect, and landscape architect. His body of work over four decades includes Seoul Subway and 1988 Olympic Park, Seoul Long Range Comprehensive City Plan, Plan for Daejon, Yeosu and some 50 other cities in Korea; Sinai Technology Valley, Egypt; Ahanta West, Ghana; Sidi Abdellah, Algeria; UN City, D.R.T., of UNDP/ TRADP, Tumen River Area Development Program; and the Lumbini Vishwa Shanti Nagrama, World Peace City, Lumbini, Nepal.
He is the chairman of the Silk Road City Forum, which is headquartered in Urumqi, China. The forum consists of 53 cities and 41 Chambers of Commerce in the Eurasian Continent. He is also a Global Advisor to the IBC, International Buddhist Confederation, in New Delhi, India, and LDT, Lumbini Development Trust, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Dr. Kwaak is a graduate of MIT and Harvard University and was a Distinguished Professor at Jeju National University. He has also taught at Seoul National University, Hongik University, Korea University, and various universities worldwide.
He is also a policy planner, architect, and landscape architect. His body of work over four decades includes Seoul Subway and 1988 Olympic Park, Seoul Long Range Comprehensive City Plan, Plan for Daejon, Yeosu and some 50 other cities in Korea; Sinai Technology Valley, Egypt; Ahanta West, Ghana; Sidi Abdellah, Algeria; UN City, D.R.T., of UNDP/ TRADP, Tumen River Area Development Program; and the Lumbini Vishwa Shanti Nagrama, World Peace City, Lumbini, Nepal.
He is the chairman of the Silk Road City Forum, which is headquartered in Urumqi, China. The forum consists of 53 cities and 41 Chambers of Commerce in the Eurasian Continent. He is also a Global Advisor to the IBC, International Buddhist Confederation, in New Delhi, India, and LDT, Lumbini Development Trust, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Dr. Kwaak is a graduate of MIT and Harvard University and was a Distinguished Professor at Jeju National University. He has also taught at Seoul National University, Hongik University, Korea University, and various universities worldwide.
