Ambassador SHIN Kak Soo started his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which he held various positions including Director of the Japan Division, Advisor to the Foreign Minister, Director-General of the Treaties Bureau, Deputy Permanent Representative at the Korean Mission to the United Nations, Ambassador to the State of Israel, First Vice Minister and Second Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ambassador to Japan. Currently, as a senior advisor at Shin & Kim law firm, Ambassador SHIN is providing extensive expert advice on diverse issues of international implications, including Asian affairs. He used to be the director of International Law Center at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy from 2013 to 2017. He is also vice-president of the NEAR Foundation, a think-tank specialized in the research on Northeast Asian affairs. Receiving a BA (1977), a LLM (1979) and a JSD (1991) all from Seoul National University, he is active in attending frequently at international conferences, commenting regularly in major media outlets and publishing op-eds and essays on a wide array of international issues at journals and newspapers. He has been engaged in many NGO activities relating to North Korean human rights, humanitarian issues, international law and Asian regional affairs.