Dr. Kyungyon Moon has been a Professor of the Jimmy Carter School of International Studies at Chonbuk National University, Republic of Korea, since 2016. He served as the Research Fellow at the Research Institute for North Korea Development at the Export-Import Bank of Korea from May 2014 to February 2016, the Research Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies at Korea University from March 2013 to April 2014, and a Professional Researcher at the Institute for Poverty Alleviation and International Development (IPAID) at Yonsei University in South Korea. He is the Chair of the International Cooperation of the Korea Association of International Development and Cooperation. Before, he also served as Administration Secretary at the Committee of International Development and Cooperation at the Korean Association of International Studies (KAIS) in 2013, Vice-Secretary of the KAIDEC from January 2013 to April 2014, and a Member of the Policy Advisory Committee of the NGO Council for Cooperation with North Korea. Moon received his master's degree at the University of Oslo, Norway, and his doctoral degree at Cranfield University in Britain. His research interests include poverty reduction, aid architecture, famine in North Korea, and civil movement in humanitarian and development assistance, international cooperation with a special focus on food aid.