Speaker
CHANG Jekuk
- Affliation
- Dongseo University
- Title
- President
Biography
Dr. Jekuk CHANG is currently President of Dongseo University in Busan, Korea.
Until early this year, he served as the Chairman of the Korean Council for University Education (2023-2024) and as the President of the Korea Association of Private University Presidents (2020-2022).
He is actively involved in numerous professional associations that promote Korea-Japan relations, including serving as the General Secretary of the Korea-Japan Forum, which was jointly founded by the Korean and Japanese governments. Additionally, he has held positions such as Chairman of the Seoul-Tokyo (SETO) Forum and Member of the Korea-Japan-China Higher Education Exchange Panel of Experts at the Ministry of Education, among others.
Dr. CHANG holds a Ph.D. in political science from Keio University in Tokyo, Japan. He also earned a J.D. degree from Syracuse University School of Law in New York, United States.
His contributions and achievements have been recognized through various honors and awards, such as the 11th Japan-Korea Cultural Foundation Award (2010) and the Foreign Minister’s Commendations from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan. Additionally, he has been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Josai International University in Tokyo, Japan in 2015, and another Honorary Doctorate Degree from Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius, Lithuania in 2013.
He also serves as an honorary consul of Hungary in Busan, Korea.
Until early this year, he served as the Chairman of the Korean Council for University Education (2023-2024) and as the President of the Korea Association of Private University Presidents (2020-2022).
He is actively involved in numerous professional associations that promote Korea-Japan relations, including serving as the General Secretary of the Korea-Japan Forum, which was jointly founded by the Korean and Japanese governments. Additionally, he has held positions such as Chairman of the Seoul-Tokyo (SETO) Forum and Member of the Korea-Japan-China Higher Education Exchange Panel of Experts at the Ministry of Education, among others.
Dr. CHANG holds a Ph.D. in political science from Keio University in Tokyo, Japan. He also earned a J.D. degree from Syracuse University School of Law in New York, United States.
His contributions and achievements have been recognized through various honors and awards, such as the 11th Japan-Korea Cultural Foundation Award (2010) and the Foreign Minister’s Commendations from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan. Additionally, he has been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Josai International University in Tokyo, Japan in 2015, and another Honorary Doctorate Degree from Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius, Lithuania in 2013.
He also serves as an honorary consul of Hungary in Busan, Korea.
