<Education>
- Graduated from the Department of English, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, in 1981
- Earned a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA, in 1988
- Earned a Ph.D. in Regional Studies from the Graduate School of International and Area Studies at Kwangwoon University in 2015

<Major Career Experience>
- Entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after passing the 15th Foreign Service Examination in 1981
- First Secretary (Head of the Public Affairs Section), Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Japan
- 2003 Northeast Asia Division I (Japan Affairs)
- 2004 Deputy Director, North Korean Nuclear Planning Team
- 2007 Deputy Consul General in Qingdao
- 2008 Counselor and Consul General at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the United Kingdom
- 2013 International Ambassador at the Northeast Asian History Foundation (dispatched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)