Education
2020-Current Korea University Seoul, South Korea
Ph.D. Candidate of International Studies in International Commerce, finished the coursework in Feb 2022
(Research) The Impact of UN Sanctions and COVID-19 on the trade of North Korea (in progress)
2017-2019 Korea University Seoul, South Korea
Master of Political Science in Asia Pacific Studies, August 2019
(Thesis) The Impact of UN Sanctions on North Korea
2001-2008 Korea University Seoul, South Korea
Bachelor of Arts in German Language and Literature, February 2009

Work Experience
2010–Present Korea International Trade Association (KITA) Seoul, Republic of Korea
Visiting Fellow, Freie University Berlin (2022.2-Present)
Manager(Senior Researcher), Membership Affair Department (2021-2022.1)
Manager(Senior Researcher), Inter-Korean Trade Promotion Department (2018-2021)
Manager(Senior Researcher), Center for Trade Studies & Cooperation (2018)
Trade Specialist, KOR-US FTA Negotiation Division MOTIE (2017)
Trade Specialist, Trans-Pacific Partnership Division MOTIE(2016)
Manager, Americas Department (2012~2015)
Associate, Global Logistics Support Division (2010~2011)

Research
Contributed 9 papers on North Korean Trade, Inter-Korea Report, KITA, 2019-2021
Contributed paper ‘Features of Statistics Source of North Korean Trade’, KREI, 2020
Contributed paper ‘North Korean maritime Trade’, KMI, 2020
Contributed paper ‘analyzing North Korean Trade by Statistics’, North Korea Statistics 2019, Statistics Korea, 2019

Awards
Ministerial Award for Trade Promotion (2015, MOTIE of Korean Government)
Ministerial Award for Volunteering Youth Education Program(2011, MOGEF of Korean Government)