<Education>
- 1989. 8. - 1996. 5. University of New York at Albany, Ph. D. in Economics
- 1984. 3. - 1986. 2. Chung-Ang University, Master of Economics

<Major Career>
-1997. 12. - Present (Senior) Research Fellow in KINU
- 2013. 2. - Present A Chairman of the Policy Planning Committee in KCRC
- 2012. 3. - Present An Adjunct professor in University of North Korean Studies since
- 2003. 8. - 2006. 12: An Expert Advisor in the Presidential Committee on Northeast Asian Cooperation Initiative