Won-Ho Kim

Won-Ho Kim (Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1992) is Dean and Professor at the Graduate
School of International and Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Korea. He previously served at the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) as Director for the Americas, Research Director, Managing Director of the Center for Regional Economic Studies, and a senior research fellow for 13 years and a half. As a political economist, he conducted research and wrote books and articles on East Asia/Korea-Latin America economic relations, economic development and reforms in a comparative perspective, and on topics concerning international political economy of regional integration. He taught at the Universidad de las Americas (Mexico), and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA) before joining HUFS in 2007.  

Additionally, Dr. Kim is an Advisor to the Korea Foundation, a Member of Korea Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee (KOPEC), Advisor to Korea Consumer Agency, Advisor to Northeast Asia Community Studies Institute (NACSI), and Member of the Steering Committee of the Asia Economic Community Forum (AECF).
 
Dr. Won-Ho Kim holds a PhD in International Area Studies and is Executive Director of the Korean Council on Latin America and the Caribbean.