Personal Data

Name: Kang Ho‐Jye

Nationality: Republic of Korea

Education

1989.3.~1990.10. Kyungnam Science High School

1990.10~1992.2. Bae‐Jung High School

1992.3~1997.2. Department of Physics, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University. (Bachelor)

1999.3~2001.8. Interdisciplinary Program of History and Philosophy of Science, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University. (Major: history and policy of science & technology in North Korea. Master)

2001.9.~ 2007.2.  Interdisciplinary Program of History and Philosophy of Science, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University. (Major: history and policy of science & technology in North Korea. Ph.D.)

Employment

2002.01.01~2002.09.30 : Science and Technology Policy Institute (Researcher)

2002~present : Seoul National University, Soongsil University, Hanyang University, Seungkyunkan University, Yonsei University, and Korea National University of Education.(B.Sc.) University of North Korean Studies.(M.Sc.) (Lecturer)

2001~now : Operator and Curator of www.nktech.net (Portal for North Korean Science, Technology)

2006.01.~ 2009.12. : Institute of Korean Contemporary History (Senior Research Fellow)

2007.09.~ 2008.02. : Institute for Unification Studies, Seoul national University (Research Fellow)

2008.02.~2014.08. : Ewha Institute of Unificaiton Sudies (Research Fellow)

2011.07.01~2012.06.30 : Science and Technology Policy Institute (Associate Research Fellow) (Grant for postdoctorial research from National Research Foundation of Korea)

2013~2018 : General Physics for Meet, Deet, Peet Exam. of EBS (Lecturer)

2015.01~2016.12 : Institute for Far Eastern Studies (Visiting Research Fellow)

2016.01~present : Research Center for Peace and Unification (Director)

2016.12~present : Research Center for North Korean Science & Technology (Director)

2018.01~2019.02.28 : Department of Korean Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Tübingen (Visiting Scholar) (Germany)

2018.11.01~2019.09.30 : Department of Korean Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Tübingen (Visiting Assistant Professor of Korean Studies) (Germany)

2020.01~2020.12 : Institut für Koreastudien, Freie Universität Berlin (Affiliated fellow) (Germany)

2021. : Institut für Koreastudien, Freie Universität Berlin (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Research Professor) (Germany)

Awards and Grants

1990 : The 3rd Korean Mathematics Olympiad (Bronze Medal)

1990 : The 2nd National Contest in Mathematics and Science (The Forth Prize in Physics Part).

1991 : The 3rd National Contest in Mathematics and Science (The Gold Medal in Physics Part)

2003.6 : The 1st Thesis Award of Review of North Korean Studies (University of North Korean Studies)

2003.10 : Grant for Ph.D Dissertation of the Unification Studies (Seoul National University)

2007.12 : Excellent Academic Book of 2007 by the National Academy of Sciences (History of Science and Technology in North Korea I)

2011.12 : Academic Award from the Korean Association of North Korean Studies for doctoral dissertation.

2011.07.01~2012.06.30 : Science and Technology Policy Institute (Associate Research Fellow) (Grant for postdoctorial research from National Research Foundation of Korea) (ROK)

2020.10 : Grant for Academic Research by Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation (1st Prize) (Scientific Analysis on North Korean Declaration of  Nuclear Force Completion and the Alternative for Denuclearization)

1)    History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (included traditional and modern Korea(South and North))

2002.9~2003.2        Korea National University of Education

2003.9~2004.2        Soongsil University

2006.3~2007.8        Soongsil University

2007.12~2008.1      Sungkyunkwan University

2012.3~8                  Yonsei University

2)    North Korea Studies

2008.9~2009.2        Soongsil University (Understanding of North Korea(BA))

2014.3~2014.6        Univesity of North Korean Studies (History of North Korea(MA, Ph.D))

2018.10~2019.09    University of Tuebingen (History of North Korea(MA), Understanding of North Korea(BA))

2020.12         Freie Universität Berlin (History of Nation Building in North Korea, with Reasoning instead of Power Game, (MA))

History and Policy of Science & Technology in North Korea

Book

Hojye Kang, Bukhan Gwahakgisul Hyeongseongsa (History of Science and Technology in North Korea I) (Seoul:Sunin, 2007).(ISBN-13: 9788959330799, ISBN-10: 8959330795)

Hojye Kang, Gwahakgisullo Bukhan Ilgi 1 (Comprehension of North Korea with Science and Technology 1) (Seoul:RPScience, 2016). (ISBN-139791195826407, ISBN-10: 1195826400)

Book (co-writer)

Hojye Kang, “Nambukan Gwahakgisulsa (History of Science-Technology in South and North Korea)”, pp.283-307, Ewha Womans University Institute of Unificaiton Studies, Nambukgwangyesa- galdeunggwa hwahaeui 60nyeon(History of Relationship between South and North Korea) (Seoul: Ewha Womans University Press, 2009).(ISBN: 9788973008544)

Hojye Kang, “Ch.5 Suhak Mit Jayeongwahak Gyogwa Gyoyukgwajeong Bunseok (The Analysis of Mathematics and Science Textbooks and Curriculum”, pps.133-192, Jeong-ah Cho, Kyo Duk Lee, Hojye Kang, Chae Kwan Jung, KimJeongUn Sidae Bukanui Gyoyukjeongchaek, Gyoyukgwajeong, Gyogwaseo (Education Policy, Education Curriculum, and Textbooks in the Kim Jong Un Era), (Seoul: Korean Institute for National Unification, 2015) (ISBN-10: 8984798193, ISBN-13: 8984798193)

Hojye Kang, “Ch.7 KimJeongUn Sidae Bukanui Gwahakgisuljeongchaekgwa Gyeongje Baljeonjeollyak(Science- Technology Policies and Economic Development Strategy in the Kim Jong-Un Era)”, 209-253, The Korean Association Of North Korean Studies

Planned, Mi Yeong Jeon ed., KimJeongUn Sidaeui Munhwa (Culture of the Kin Jung Un Era) (Seoul: Hanul Academy, 2015) (ISBN-13: 9788946057913) (ISBN-10: 8946057912)

Hojye Kang, “Part.3 Ch.3 Bukan Gwahakgisul Jeongchaek Bunseok (The Analysis of Scientific- Technological Policies), pp.203-220, Korean Council for Reconcilation and Cooperation ed., KimJeongUn Cheje 5 Nyeon, Bukaneul Jindanhanda (5 Years of Kim Un Jung Era , diagnosis of North Korea) (Seoul: Neulpum puls, 2016) (ISBN-13: 9791188024001)

Hojye Kang, “Ch.4 gwahakgisulgwa jeongbohwa: bukanui miraebaljeonjeollyak(Science-Technology and Digitalization: The Future Vision of North Korea), PP. 135-156, Young Ja Park ed., KimJeongUn Sidae Bukan Gyeongjesahoe 8 Dae Byeonhwa (8 Changes of North Korean Economy and Society in Kim Jung Un’s Era) (Seoul: Korean Institute for National Unification, 2018) (ISBN-13: 978-89-8479-925-7)

Hojye Kang, “Ch.3-5. Jigeop Gisulgyoyugui Gangjo(Emphasis on Vocational Technical Education)”, pp.189-198. Ji Soo Kim ed., gimjeongeun sidae bukan yutpchotpjungdeung gyoyuk yeongu(Research on the Education of Kindergarden, Primary School and Middle-High School), (Seoul: Korean Educational Development Institute, 2019) (ISBN-13: 9791156663829)

Journal Articles

Hojye Kang, "Inswaesulgwa Munmyeongui Baljeon : Tto Hanaui ‘Why Not Question’ (The Technology of Printing and the Enlightenment: another 'Why Not Question')" (2001, unpublished).

Hojye Kang, "Bukanui Gwahakdosi Geonseole Daehayeo (On the Construcition of Science City in North Korea)", Studies of Science and Technology in North Korea Vol.1 (Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, 2003), pp. 307‐325.

Hojye Kang, "Hyeonjiyeongusaeopgwa Bukansik Gwahakgisurui Hyeongseong (The On‐Site Research Program and the Formation of North Korean‐Style Science and Technology)", Hyeondae Bukhan Yeonku (North Korean Studies Review) Vol.6, No.1 (University of North Korean Studies, 2003), pp. 199‐246. (ISSN 1229-4616)

Hojye Kang, "Chollimajageopbanundonggwa Bukansik Gisulhyeongmyeong: Chullimajageopbanundonge Daehan Saeroun Haeseok (Chollima Workgroup Movement and North Korean‐style Technological Revolution)", Studies of Science and Technology in North Korea Vol.3 (Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, 2005), pp. 105‐122.

Hojye Kang, "Chollimaundongui Byeonhwa, Baljeongwa Jipdanjeok Gisulhyeoksinundongui Hwakdae, Ganghwa (The Change and Development of Chollima Movement and the Enlargement and Intensification of Collective Technological Innovation Movement)", Studies of Science and Technology in North Korea Vol.4 (Seoul: Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, 2006), pp. 51‐72.

Hojye Kang, “Bukanui Hyeonjangjungsim Gwahakgisuljeongchaegui Hyeongseonggwajeong (The formation of the Scientific and Technological Policy in North Korea Focused on the Production Sites)”, Hanguk Hyeondae Gwahakgisurui Sahoesa Yeongu (A Study on the Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Korea) (Seoul: The Korean Academy of Science and Technology, 2006), pp. 174‐190.

Hojye Kang, “Ilbon Sojae Bukhan Gwallyeon Jaryo Gichojosa (The Foundational Research for making an inventory of North Korean materials located in Japan)” (Seoul: National Institute of Korean History, 2007).

Hojye Kang, “Bukhanui Hyeonjangjungsim Gwahakgisuljeongchaegui Hyeongseonggwajeong: Ilbongwa Soryeonui Yeonghyangeseo Dongnipagi (Independence of Scientific and Technological Policy in North Korea apart from Japan and Soviet Union)”, Hanguk Hyeondae Gwahakgisurui Sahoesa Yeongu (A Study on the Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Korea) (The Korean Academy of Science andTechnology, 2006), pp. 218-237. (ISBN-13: 9788988706060)

Hojye Kang, “Seongun jeongchiwa gwahakgisuljungsi jeongchaek - gyeongjebaljeon jeollyagui haeksim (The Policy of Military First and the Policy of Emphasis on Science and Technology - The Core of Economic Development Strategy)”, Journal of Peace and Unification Studies Vol.3 No.1 (2011), pp.174-218. (ISSN ISSN, 2092-500X)

Hojye Kang, “Bukhanui Gyeongjebaljeon Jeollyak Bunseok :Ingongwiseong (Gwangmyeongseong3ho) Balsa Sidowa CNC-gisul Gaebal(An Analysis of Economic Development Strategy in North Korea : Trial of Lauching Satellite(Gwangmyeongseong 3rd) and Advancing CNC-technology”, North Korean Studies Review Vol.19 No.1 (2015), pp. 249-276. (ISSN: 1229-1161)

Hojye Kang, “gan-chu-lin bug-han gwa-hag-gi-sul-jeong-chaeg 70nyeon-ui yeog-sa(Brief History of Science-Technology and Policeis in North Korea, 70years),” Naeil ul yonun yoksa(History Open. Tomorrow), vol. Sping, no. 78 (2020), pp. 276–292.

Column or Weekly Review.

“Episodeuro Bon Buk Gwahakgisulsa (Episodes for Understanding History of Science and Technology in North Korea)” Minjog 21 (2009.1 ~ 2011.12)

“Kang Hojye Baksaui Bukangwahakgisul (Science and Technology in North Korea written by Dr. Hojye Kang)” D&D Focus (2010.9 ~ 2011.2)

“Gwahakgisullo Bukhan Ilgi (Comprehension of North Korea with Science and Technology)” www.Pressian.com (2012 ~ 2013)

“Gyeorehana Pyeonghwayeongusenteo Kalleom (Column of Research Center for Peace and Unification)” www.Tongilnews.com (2016 ~ present)

“NKTech Brief” www.NKTech.net (2001~present)