Lee Su-hoon is a Korean Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan. He started his career as a professor at Kyungnam University in March 1987. His study and career mainly aim at peace on Northeast Asia and North Korean issues. He has been a Director for the Institute for Far Eastern Studies at Kyungnam University since February 2009. He was a Chairman of the Subcommittee for Foreign Affairs and Security, State Affairs Planning Advisory Committee in 2017. In October 2017, he assumed his position as Korean Ambassador to Japan.