Currently the Ambassador-at-large for G20 and Deputy Minister for Trade of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He began his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he worked extensively on international legal and economic issues. He served as Counsellor of the Korean Delegation to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris as well as Counsellor of the Korean Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organization in Switzerland. He studied international relations at Seoul National University, (B.A. in political science) and Georgetown University, Walsh School of Foreign Service (M.S. in international relations). He also studied law at the Korea National Open University (LL.B.) and Georgetown University Law School (LL.M.).
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