Moon Sangwon has been with KOICA(Korea International Cooperation Agency) since 2004. He is working as a Director General of the Department of Southeast Asia Ⅱ. He worked as a Director of the ESG & Innovation team, Rural development team, and Planning & Coordination team as well as a Senior Deputy Country Director, KOICA Yangon Office. He majored in Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) and Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), in Russian and Russian Literature, at Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. He has a much interest in Rural development based on Korean “Saemaul Undong(SMU)”. He made a “KOICA Global SMU Plan” in 2013 and managed the SMU project in Myanmar(23mil., 2014-2020) in Myanmar successfully. He received a Prime Minister’s SMU commendation for his contribution to Global SMU in 2015. His major research area is on study of the determinants of community development in Myanmar rural areas: focusing on the SMU principle(Competition, Social capital, village reader).