| Education: |
| 1974-78 | Seoul National University(SNU) B.A. in international relations |
| 1978-81 | SNU, M.A. in political science |
| 1981-86 | Yale University, Ph.D. in political science |
| Experiences: |
| 1986-87 | Visiting Fellow, Institute of Social Sciences, SNU |
| 1987-91 | Congressional liaison officer, Embassy of Korea, Washington, D.C. |
| 1991-95 | Senior Fellow, Research Institute for Korean Unification(RINU) &
Director of Policy Studies |
| 1993-94 | Senior Counselor to the Deputy Prime Minister of Unification,
Korean Government |
1995-
2000.4 | Washington Correspondent and Columnist, JoongAng Ilbo |
2000.4-
2002.2 | Senior Diplomatic Correspondent & Chief Research Fellow
of Tokyo Foundation, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2002.3- | current position |
| contributed weekly commentary for the Radio Free Asia(RFA) in D.C. since
March 1997 through February 2002 and written numerous articles for the
academic journals and edited books on the subjects of inter-Korean relations,
the U.S.’s Asian Policy and diplomatic relations among East Asian countries. |