Korea On Point by the Korean Association of International Studies aims to provide an open forum for debates on the most pressing issues that affect the Korean Peninsula. Each week, the editorial board invites a select group of experts from around the world to contribute their views and analyses. Korea On Point does not advocate particular views, beliefs, or ideologies; rather, it strives to publish balanced and incisive commentaries that lay bare key points of agreement as well as differences among relevant actors. Ultimately, Korea On Point aims to further stimulate discussions in the international community that lead to consensus and dialogue.
*The opinions expressed by our invited authors do not represent the official positions of Korea On Point or the Korean Association of International Studies.
Myong-Hyun GO
GO Myong-Hyun is a senior research fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. Previously, Dr. Go was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, He received a B.A. in Economics and an M.A. in Statistics from Columbia University and the Ph.D. in policy analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Dr. Go was a Munich Young Leader of the Munich Security Conference 2015, and is currently a member of the Advisory Committee of the ROK Ministry of National Defense, a Senior Adjunct Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), and an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
Ihn-hwi PARK
Sung-Yoon CHUNG
PARK Ihn-hwi is a professor of the Division of International Studies at Ewha Womans University in Korea. Prof. Park is the President of the Korea Association of International Studies which is the largest academic society in the area of international relations, security studies, foreign policy, and regional studies in Korea. He also serves as a member of the Korea Social Science Research Council. He has been a member of the Advisory Committee of the Office of National Security between 2017 and 2019, and a member of the Preparatory Committee for Unification in which the Chairperson of the committee was the president of Korea between 2014 and 2017. He is actively engaged in many NGOs and Think-tanks such as the Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation, the Korea Peace Foundation, The Ahnmin Institute for Public Policy, etc. He was a visiting scholar at the Jackson School of International Studies of the University of Washington in 2010. Prof. Park has written many book chapters and articles including The Koreas between China and Japan(Cambridge, 2014), International Journal of Korean Unification Studies, Korea Journal of Defense Analysis, the Korean Journal of International Studies, Global Economic Review, and etc. He received his Ph. D. in the area of international politics from Northwestern University in 1999.
Wonho YEON
Hyo Won LEE
Jiyoun PARK
Taehee WHANG
Ramon Pacheco Pardo
HOO Chiew-Ping
Emily Kilcrease
So Jeong Kim
Associate Editor
Do Hee KIM
Do Hee Kim is currently in the Ph.D. program in Economics at Seoul National University and has worked at the Institute of Economic Research at Seoul National University. She was a researcher at the Korea Institutes of Public Finance (KIPF) and the Korea Institutes for International Economic Policy (KIEP). She received her M.A. in Applied Economics from Georgetown University and her B.S. in Economics from the Pennsylvania State University (UP).
Editorial Assistants
Yujin KO
Seoul National University, Graduate School of International Studies
Chaerim (Emily) AN
Seoul National University, Graduate School of International Studies
Yoonseo LEE
Seoul National University, Graduate School of International Studies
Han Na JUN
Seoul National University, Graduate School of International Studies
Jae Eun HAN
Graduate of School of International and Public Affiars, Columbia University
Interns
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