NAM Kwang-Kyu received Ph.D. in political science from Korea University and is currently research fellow at the Asiatic Research Institute in Korea University. He served as director of the Center for North Korean Studies, Taiwan Research, Unification and International Peace, at the Asiatic Research Institute in Korea University. He received the Presidential Award for his public activities related to unification and got an academic award as the best paper of the year by SCI Journal and the KCI Journal.