Han Park is an 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]
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)
References
- ^ a b c "Han S. Park". University of Georgia. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Shearer, Lee (December 4, 2015). "Peacemaker Han Park retiring after 45 years at the University of Georgia". Retrieved November 30, 2024.
- ^ a b "Han S. Park". WGBH. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
- ^ "Journalists Held at N. Korea Guest House - CBS News". CBS News. 10 July 2009.
- ^ "Clinton Seeks 'Amnesty' for 2 Held by North Korea (Published 2009)". The New York Times. 10 July 2009.
- ^ "Park: U.S.must move from policing to building peace".
- ^ Armstrong, Charles K. (2004). "North Korea: The Politics of Unconventional Wisdom. By Han S. Park New York: Lynne Rienner, 2002. 193 pp". Journal of East Asian Studies. 4: 181–183. doi:10.1017/S1598240800004446.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090412203449/http://spia.uga.edu/news/releases/han_park_speaks_to_cnn_on_recent_events_in_north_korea/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20091208091639/http://hanpark.myweb.uga.edu/biosketch.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131024170820/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/july-dec97/skorea_12-19.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20221113063903/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8145440.stm
