His recent publications include “Whether Korea’s Export Permit Regulations on a Strategic Good under the Foreign Trade Act is a Peremptory Norm: A Focus on the Illegal Exporting Case of Mugunghwa Satellite No.3,” Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law (2016); “Status and International Cooperation Aspects of Air Quality Control Law and Policies in Korea,” Asian Yearbook of International Law (2017) (co-author); “Appraisal and Reform of Regulations upon the Export Control of Strategic Items: Focusing on the Foreign Trade Act,” Korean Journal of International and Economic Law(2018); “Historical Injustice in Asia and the Role of International Economic Law: How is Fair Trade for Implementation of a ‘Level Playing Field’ Realized?” Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law (2018); “Implementation of Export Control Regulations-Status and Prospects of the Legislation for the Intangible Transfer of Technology(ITT) Control on Nuclear Related Items,” Kyung Hee Law Journal (2018) (co-author); “Research Trends and Challenges of International Public Law in Korea: Status of the Junior Scholars from 2007 to 2017,” Korea International Law Review (2018) (co-author); “Interpretation and Adoption of Article 2.2.2 of WTO Anti-dumping Agreement-Focused on Issues Regarding to Calculation of Constructed Value in US-OCTG(Korea)(DS488),” Korean Journal of International and Economic Law (2018) (co-author); “Legal Review on the Illegal Import of Coal from North Korea,” Kyung Hee Law Journal (2018) (co-author); “Maritime Law Enforcement by the Republic of Korea Concerning Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Search and Interdiction,” Pacific Focus (2018) (co-author); “Research Trends and Challenges of International Economic Law in Korea: Status of the Junior Scholars from 2007 to 2017,” Korean Journal of International and Economic Law (2019); “The Effect of FTA to Application of Parallelism under WTO Agreement on Safeguards-Focused on US Large Residential Washers Safeguard Measure and Canada Steel Safeguard Measure,” Korean Journal of International Law (2020) (co-author); “Legal Review of the Prevention of the Former Post Courtesy,” Law and Policy Review (2020); “A Study upon the Legal System regarding the Export Control of Strategic Items: The Controls on Transit or Transshipment of the Foreign Trade Act,” Sogang Journal of Law and Business (2020) (co-author); “Legal Issues and Tasks of the Security Exception Clause in International Trade Disputes-Focusing on the Russia-Measures Concerning Traffic in Transit Case,” Journal of European Union Studies (2021); “Implications of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018,” Journal of Legislation Research (2021) (co-author); “Legal Review on Joint Fishing Zone in UN Economic Sanctions of North Korea,” Northeast Asian Law Journal (2022).

He received his bachelor’s degree (A.B.) from Vassar College; master’s degree in international relations (M.A.) from Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs; and law degrees from Syracuse University College of Law (J.D. with honors) and New York University School of Law (LL.M.).

In the academic community, she serves as Vice-President of the International Law Association (ILA) Korean Branch (2020–2021; 2026–2027). She previously served as Executive Editor of the Korean Yearbook of International Law (2014–2019) and held the position of Director for International Affairs at the Korean Society of International Economic Law (2014–2021) and the Korean Society of International Law (2018; 2022).

She holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Chicago, an LL.M. in International Legal Studies from New York University School of Law, and a Ph.D. in Law from Yonsei University. Her recent publications include “An Overview of Korea's AI Framework: Main Features and Challenges” (2025), “Human Rights and Climate Litigations: Trends, Challenges and Implications” (2025), “Korea's Practice on Refugee Protection: Focusing on the Refugee Act and Relevant Court Cases” (2024), and “Virtual Assets and Terrorism: FATA’s Key Recommendations” (2022) among numerous other journals.

She is also a US-licensed attorney in Washington D.C. Her recent publications include Retracing the Works of KJICL: A Decade’s Journey and An End to the Korean War: The Legal Character of the 2018 Summit Declarations and Implications of an Official Korean Peace Treaty.

He holds a Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, where he completed his dissertation on the privilege of combatants to kill in war. He also holds an LL.M. from the Emory University School of Law, a J.D. (summa cum laude) from Handong International Law School, and a B.S. (magna cum laude) from the University of Maryland.

Prior to that he was a Research Associate in international law and dispute settlement at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul (2015-2019), where he researched and published on topics in international economic law and policy. He pursued his postdoctoral research at the University of Tokyo Institute of Social Science (2022-2023) and his postgraduate education at Lunds Universitet, University of Cambridge, United Nations University, and the University of Tokyo. He is the author of the book Financing for Sustainable Development in International Investment Law (2025, Routledge) and numerous articles in his interdisciplinary research areas of interest, which bring together international economic law, dispute settlement, and sustainable finance.