Biography
한라대학교(원주) 교수로서 주로 한반도 통일과 북한 문제에 대해 연구와 강의를 계속하고 있다. 2020년까지 30여년간 통일부와 총리실에 근무하며 북한정세분석, 남북교류협력, 통일교육 등 분야에서 과장, 국장 등 직책을 역임하였다.
서울대학교 외교학과와 동 대학원에서 학사, 석사, 박사 학위를 취득하였으며, 미국 UC 버클리에서 방문학자로, 워싱턴 DC의 CSIS에서 방문연구원으로 수학하였다. 저서로는 박사학위 논문을 단행본으로 출판한 ｢전통-북한사회 이해의 열쇠｣가 있다. 최근 북한 핵문제와 남북관계를 조망한 논문 ‘북핵협상 구조의 변화와 남북관계 진전’(2021, 한백통일경제연구 제2호)을 발표한 바 있다.
As a professor at Halla University (Wonju), he continues his research and lectures mainly on the unification of the Korean Peninsula and North Korean issues. He worked at the Ministry of Unification and the Prime Minister's Office for about 30 years until 2020, and served as a director and director general in such fields as North Korea's information analysis, inter-Korean exchange and cooperation, and unification education.
He earned bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees from Seoul National University, and studied as a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley and a visiting fellow at CSIS in Washington, DC. He published a book, Tradition-Key to Understanding North Korean Society, which is a revision of his doctoral dissertation. Recently, he published a paper on North Korea's nuclear issue and inter-Korean relations, "Changes in the structure of North Korea's nuclear negotiations and progress in inter-Korean relations" (2021, Hanbaek Unification Economic Research No. 2).
서울대학교 외교학과와 동 대학원에서 학사, 석사, 박사 학위를 취득하였으며, 미국 UC 버클리에서 방문학자로, 워싱턴 DC의 CSIS에서 방문연구원으로 수학하였다. 저서로는 박사학위 논문을 단행본으로 출판한 ｢전통-북한사회 이해의 열쇠｣가 있다. 최근 북한 핵문제와 남북관계를 조망한 논문 ‘북핵협상 구조의 변화와 남북관계 진전’(2021, 한백통일경제연구 제2호)을 발표한 바 있다.
As a professor at Halla University (Wonju), he continues his research and lectures mainly on the unification of the Korean Peninsula and North Korean issues. He worked at the Ministry of Unification and the Prime Minister's Office for about 30 years until 2020, and served as a director and director general in such fields as North Korea's information analysis, inter-Korean exchange and cooperation, and unification education.
He earned bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees from Seoul National University, and studied as a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley and a visiting fellow at CSIS in Washington, DC. He published a book, Tradition-Key to Understanding North Korean Society, which is a revision of his doctoral dissertation. Recently, he published a paper on North Korea's nuclear issue and inter-Korean relations, "Changes in the structure of North Korea's nuclear negotiations and progress in inter-Korean relations" (2021, Hanbaek Unification Economic Research No. 2).
