Han Park

Han S. Park
Han S. Park
Born	China
Education	Seoul National University, B.A.; American University, M.A.; University of Minnesota, PhD
Occupation(s)	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

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.

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[:0-1] "Han S. Park". University of Georgia. Retrieved November 30, 2024.

[:1-2] Shearer, Lee (December 4, 2015). "Peacemaker Han Park retiring after 45 years at the University of Georgia". Retrieved November 30, 2024.

[:2-3] "Han S. Park". WGBH. Retrieved November 30, 2024.

[4] "Journalists Held at N. Korea Guest House - CBS News". CBS News. 10 July 2009.

[5] "Clinton Seeks 'Amnesty' for 2 Held by North Korea (Published 2009)". The New York Times. 10 July 2009.

[6] "Park: U.S.must move from policing to building peace".

[7] 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.

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