Background
Park, Young-Ho was born on January 29, 1955 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Son of Yong-Hwan Park and Suk-Ja Kim.
educator political scientist researcher
Park, Young-Ho was born on January 29, 1955 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Son of Yong-Hwan Park and Suk-Ja Kim.
Bachelor in Political Science, Hankuk University Foreign Studies, Seoul, 1980. Master of Arts in Political Science, Hankuk University Foreign Studies, Seoul, 1983. Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, University Cincinnati, 1988.
Assistant research officer National Unification Board, Seoul, 1980—1983. Research and teaching assistant University Cincinnati, 1985—1988. Senior researcher Korea Institute for Defense Analysis, Seoul, 1989—1991.
Research fellow Korea Institute for National Unification, 1991—1997, senior research fellow, since 1998, director unification policy, 1994—1996, director North Korean human rights, 2000, director unification policy Seoul, 2000—2004. Adjunct fellow Hudson Institute, Washington, since 1997, Yenben Institute Foreign Affairs, Yenji, China, since 2004. Policy advisor Ministry National Defense, Seoul, 1998—2000, National Security Council, Seoul, 2001, Ministry of Unification, Seoul, 2003—2004.
Adjunct professor Sejong University, Seoul, 1999—2001. Lecturer Seoul National University, since 2002. Board directors Institute Peace and Cooperation., since 2004.
Private Korean Army, 1976-1977.
Member of Korea Peace Forum, Korean-American Association, Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation (policy advisor since 1999), Korean Association Area Studies (research director 2005, president-elect 2006), Korean Association International Studies, Korean Political Science Association (board directors since 2005).
Married Hyoung-Ja Yoo, August 28, 1981. Children: Sujin, Annie.