In Uk Kang received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Department of Archaeology and Art History at Seoul National University. He also earned a Ph.D. from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology at the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He currently works as a professor in the Department of History at Kyung Hee University and previously served as deputy dean of the College of Humanities. His main interest in archeology is the northern Eurasian steppe and Northeast Asia. Every year, he visits Russia, Mongolia, and Central Asia to investigate new archaeological data. He has lectured and conducted research as a visiting scholar at Tokyo University, Beijing University, Stanford University, and Novosibirsk University.