Jong-Deog Kim is the President of the Korea Maritime Institute, a government-affiliated organization in the Republic of Korea. He served as a division director of several divisions, including the strategy research division. And he was the Arctic policy research program manager, including the North Pacific Arctic Conference in Korea Maritime Institute. He led and participated in several national projects on coastal and ocean policy, as well as international marine environmental relations, throughout his research career. KIM has a Ph.D. in Oceanic Architecture and Engineering from Nihon University, an M.A., and a B.A graduate of Seoul National University.