Speaker
CHUNG Sam-Man
Affliation
Korea Institute for Maritime Strategy
Title
Research Director
Session

Biography

Dr. Chung, Sam-Man, a retired ROK Navy captain, currently works as research director at the Korea Institute for Maritime Strategy. When he was in active duty, he commanded PCC-758 (combat patrol ship) and 151 PKM Division (fast attack boat) as a commanding officer, and was also devoted to the combat development and strategy development at the Naval Forces Development Command, and taught military strategy and maritime strategy at the ROK Naval war College.
He was a recipient of Order of Service Merit from Korean Government and Region of Merit from US as a result of outstanding achievements while in active duty. Recently, Dr. Chung has served as a naval attaché in Washington D.C. for three years from 2005. Dr. Chung has a bachelor degree on operational research from Korea Naval Academy, a master degree on security affairs from Korea Defense University, and doctoral degree on international relations from University of Missouri-Columbia.