[Visiting Scholars] Amb. Han Dong-man
Amb. Han Dong-man served as Korean Ambassador to the Philippines from Jan. 2018 to Dec. 2020. After joining the Foreign Ministry in 1985, he has held Secretary posts in Algeria, the United Kingdom, and Australia as well as in the Office of the President in Korea. He served in various roles in the United States, first as Consul at the Korean Consulate in New York and then as Minister-Counsellor at the Korean Embassy in Washington D.C. He served as Consul General in San Francisco from 2013-2016. In the Korean Foreign Ministry, he worked as Director General of the International Economic Affairs Bureau and Deputy Minister for Overseas Koreans and Consular Affairs.He received the Order of the Service Medal in 2012 from the Korean government and Order of Gold Distinction Grand Cross of the Philippines Government in 2020.After retiring in June 2021, he served as an advisor and adjunct professor at the ASEAN-India Research Center of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy, affiliated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs He is currently working as a visiting professor of Yonsei, Catholic and Sungshin Women’s University and visiting fellow at the Asia Center of Seoul National University.He earned his BA at Yonsei University in Korea and his MA at the Pantheon-Sorbonne (Paris 1) University in France.
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