Biography
임강택은 1996년 뉴욕주립대(올바니)에서 북한의 대외무역을 주제로 박사학위를 받았으며, 1997년부터 2018년까지 국책연구기관인 통일연구원(당시 민족통일연구원)에 근무하면서 북한경제, 남북경협, 동북아경제협력, 경제통합방안 등에 대한 연구를 다양하게 수행해 왔음. 2013년부터 2018년 2월까지 민족화해협력범국민협의회 정책위원장직을 수행하면서 남북통일과 민족 화해협력을 위한 다양한 시민활동에도 참여해 왔음. 문재인 정부의 출범 이후에는 통일부 정책혁신위원회와 남북정상회담 준비위원회 전문가 자문단의 일원으로 활동하였으며, 정부의 대북정책의 수립에 적극적으로 참여해 왔음. 2019년 5월부터 2020년 1월까지 통일연구원 원장직을 수행하였음. 최근에는 유엔의 SDGs를 활용한 동북아지역의 평화와 공동번영 방안에 대한 연구에 관심을 가지고 있으며, 특히 한반도 차원에서 지속가능한 발전 방안을 마련하기 위한 연구에 주력하고 있음.
Kang Taeg LIM received a doctorate in North Korea's foreign trade at the State University of New York (Albany) in 1996. From 1997 to 2018, he worked at the Institute for Unification, a state-run research institute, and conducted various studies on North Korea's economy, inter-Korean economic cooperation, Northeast Asian economic cooperation, and economic integration measures. From 2013 to February 2018, while serving as the policy chairman of Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation, he has also participated in various civic activities for inter-Korean unification and national reconciliation and cooperation. Since the inauguration of the Moon Jae Inn government, he has been a member of the expert advisory group of the Unification Policy Innovation Committee and the Inter-Korean Summit Preparation Committee, and has actively participated in the establishment of the government's North Korea policy. From May 2019 to January 2020, he served as the president of Korean Institution for National Unification. Recently, I am interested in research on peace and co-prosperity in Northeast Asia using the U.N. SDGs, and are focusing on research to prepare sustainable development measures on the Korean Peninsula.
Kang Taeg LIM received a doctorate in North Korea's foreign trade at the State University of New York (Albany) in 1996. From 1997 to 2018, he worked at the Institute for Unification, a state-run research institute, and conducted various studies on North Korea's economy, inter-Korean economic cooperation, Northeast Asian economic cooperation, and economic integration measures. From 2013 to February 2018, while serving as the policy chairman of Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation, he has also participated in various civic activities for inter-Korean unification and national reconciliation and cooperation. Since the inauguration of the Moon Jae Inn government, he has been a member of the expert advisory group of the Unification Policy Innovation Committee and the Inter-Korean Summit Preparation Committee, and has actively participated in the establishment of the government's North Korea policy. From May 2019 to January 2020, he served as the president of Korean Institution for National Unification. Recently, I am interested in research on peace and co-prosperity in Northeast Asia using the U.N. SDGs, and are focusing on research to prepare sustainable development measures on the Korean Peninsula.
