Park Jae Kyu
Guest Speaker
Professional Affiliation
President of Kyungnam University, former Minister of Unification, and former Chairman of the National Security Council (NSC), Republic of Korea
Expert Bio
Park Jae Kyu is President of Kyungnam University, former Minister of Unification, and former Chairman of the National Security Council (NSC) of the Republic of Korea. Park played an instrumental role in and was the architect of the historic first-ever inter-Korean summit of June 2000. President Park has served as the chairman of the Korean University Presidents Association (2001鈥2004), ISANG YUN Peace Foundation (2005鈥2009), and Northeast Asian Forum of University Presidents (2003鈥2011), among other associations. He also served as President of the University of North Korean Studies (2005鈥2009). He currently serves as a presidential advisor on Korean unification affairs and as a member of the Presidential Committee on Social Cohesion. Park earned a PhD in political science from Kyung-Hee University, Korea. He has received numerous honors and awards, including the prestigious Special Prize of the Jury (for Conflict Prevention) from the Chirac Foundation of France (2009). Among his many publications are North Korea鈥檚 Foreign Policy (1977), North Korea鈥檚 Military Policy (1983), Politics of North Korea (1984), New Diplomacy of North Korea and Its Survival Strategy (1997), A Guide to Understanding North Korea (ed., Korean, 1997), New Readings of North Korea (ed., Korean, 2004), and North Korea鈥檚 Dilemma and Future (ed., Korean, 2011).
