Han Park
American academic
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Han Park is a scholar of global peace and North Korea–United States relations.[1][2] He is a Professor Emeritus of International Affairs at the University of Georgia.[1][2]
American University, M.A.
University of Minnesota, PhD
Han S. Park | |
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| Born | |
| Education | Seoul National University, B.A. American University, M.A. University of Minnesota, PhD |
| Occupations | Professor, scholar of global peace and North Korea |
| Employer | University of Georgia |
| Notable work | North Korea: The Politics of Unconventional Wisdom (2002) |
| Title | Professor Emeritus of International Affairs at the University of Georgia |
Life and career
Park was born in China to Korean parents.[3] He received a B.A. in political science from Seoul National University, an M.A. in political science from American University, and a PhD in political science from the University of Minnesota.[1]
Park has played the role of an unofficial peacemaker and mediator between the United States and North Korea.[2] He has at times worked with the U.S. Department of State and former president Jimmy Carter.[2] Park is the former director of the Center for the Study of Global Issues at the University of Georgia.[3]
Park traveled to North Korea during the 2009 imprisonment of American journalists by North Korea.[4][5] In 2013, he wrote an opinion piece for the Athens Banner-Herald about the role of the United States in peacemaking during the 2012–2013 escalation of the Syrian civil war.[6]
Selected publications
- Human Needs and Political Development (1984)
- China and North Korea (co-authored, 1990)
- North Korea: Ideology, Politics, Economy (edited, 1996)
- North Korea: The Politics of Unconventional Wisdom (2002)[7]
- North Korea Demystified (2012)
