Kim Yeon-cheol is a professor in the Department of Unification Studies at Inje University. One of the foremost experts on North Korea and inter-Korean relations, he currently serves as an advisor to the Office of National Security (ONS) directly under the President and the head of the Standing Committee on Citizen Communication in the National Unification Advisory Council (NUAC) as well. Previously, he experienced North-South Korean economic cooperation hands-on while working in the North Korea research team of the Samsung Economic Research Institute (SERI) and engaged with policies including inter-Korean negotiations and the six-party talks as a policy advisor to the Minister of Unification under the Roh Moo-hyun administration (2003-2008). He has authored books including The Strategies of Negotiations, Memories of the Cold War: Stepping over the Line and Cutting a Path, and North Korea’s Industrialization and Economic Policies.
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