1976, graduate, College of Law and 1978, Graduate School of Law, Seoul National Univ.; 1983, MA, School of Advanced Int'l Studies, Johns Hopkins Univ. 1976, High Diplomatic Service Exam. 1977, joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). 1984, Consul, Korean Consulate-General, Sydney. 1990, Counsellor, Korean Permanent Mission to the UN, New York. 1994, Director, North America Division I, MOFA. 1995, Minister-Counsellor, Korean Embassy to Singapore. 1999, Deputy Director-General, Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT); Deputy Director-General, North American Affairs Bureau, MOFAT. 2000, Minister, Korean Permanent Mission to the UN Secretariat and Int'l Organizations, Geneva. 2002, Minister, Korean Embassy to the US. 2004, Sr Coordinator, National Security Council. 2006, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, MOFAT; Sr Presidential Secretary for Foreign, Security and Unification Policy. 2009, Sr Adviser, Law Offices of Kim & Chang; Visiting Prof., Graduate School of Int'l Studies, Sogang Univ. Jan. 2013, Member, Subcommittee on Foreign Affairs, National Defence and Unification, 18th Presidential Transition Committee. Since March 2013, Minister of Foreign Affairs.