1. Moon Chung-in is a Special Advisor to President Moon Jae-in of South Korea for Foreign Affairs and National Security.
20 Facts About Moon Chung-in
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Moon Chung-in is a Distinguished University Professor of Yonsei University, Krause Distinguished Fellow, School of Policy and Global Strategy, University of California, San Diego, and co-Convener of the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.
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Moon Chung-in is currently serving as the editor-in-chief of Global Asia.
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On 21 May 2017, Moon Chung-in was nominated by President Moon Jae-in as a special advisor on unification, diplomacy and national security affairs.
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Dr Moon majored in philosophy at Yonsei University and went to the United States in 1978 to study international relations at the University of Maryland where he received his master's and doctor's degrees.
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Moon Chung-in got his first teaching job at Williams College in 1984.
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Moon Chung-in moved to the University of Kentucky, Lexington in 1985 and taught there until 1994.
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Moon Chung-in returned to Yonsei University, his alma mater, in 1994, and taught there until his retirement in 2016.
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Moon Chung-in was dean of the Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University.
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Moon Chung-in has published over 60 books and 300 articles in edited volumes and scholarly journals.
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Moon Chung-in served as president of the Korea Peace Studies Association and Vice President of the International Studies Association of North America.
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Moon Chung-in was a recipient of the Public Policy Award, the Lixian Scholarship, and the Pacific Leadership Fellowship.
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Moon Chung-in was an advisor to various agencies of the South Korean government, including the National Security Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Unification, and the National Intelligence Service.
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Moon Chung-in served as Chairman of the Presidential Committee on National Intelligence Reform and a member of the Presidential Commission on Defense Reform during the Roh Moo-hyun administration.
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Dr Moon Chung-in was a special delegate to the first and second Korean summits, both of which were held in Pyongyang.
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Moon Chung-in is currently a board member of the Pacific Century Institute, the Asia Research Fund, and the Korea Peace Forum.
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Moon Chung-in was chairman of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Future of Korea.
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Moon Chung-in served as adviser to Kim Dae-jung, South Korea's president from 1998 until 2003, and to Roh Moo-hyun, who held the presidency from 2003 until 2008.
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Moon Chung-in was one of the architects of the Sunshine Policy, and advocates, and calls for, the revival of the engagement policy, which seeks the thawing of relations with North Korea and the Government of North Korea.
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Moon Chung-in believes that every other option including sanctions and pressures, military actions, containment, and waiting for the regime in Pyongyang to collapse has failed.