■ Education
▪Ph.D. in Political Science, Dongguk University(1991)

■ Biography
▪Professor, North Korean Studies, Dongguk University(1994~2020)
▪Director, Institute for North Korean Studies, Dongguk University(2009~2020)
▪President, Korean Association of North Korean Studies (2012)
▪Chair, Peace and Prosperity Sub-committee, Presidential Commission on Policy Planning(2017~2019),
Member(2017~2020)
▪Chair, Policy Advisory Committee, Office of National Security, Office of the President(2017~2020)
▪Chair, Planning and Coordination Committee, National Unification Advisory Council(2017~)
▪Chair, Korean Peninsula Sub-committee, Policy Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs(2018~)

■ Major Publications(Co-authorship Included)
▪Resolutions to North Korea’s Nuclear Issues and Establishment of a Peace Regime on the Korean
Peninsula(in Korean) (2003)
▪Changes in North Korea Viewed through the Lens of Rodong Sinmun(in Korean) (2006)
▪New Paradigm of North Korean Studies(in Korean) (2015)
▪Actor-Network and Performativity of Divided Korea(in Korean) (2015)
▪Troubled Transition: North Korea’s Politics, Economy, and External Relations (2013)