Amb. Ahn Ho-Young is the Chair Professor of North Korean Studies at the Kyungnam University. Before this, he worked as the President of the University of North Korean Studies (2018-2022). In the past, Amb. Ahn was the Republic of Korea’s Ambassador to the United States (2013-2017). He has also served as the Deputy Minister for Trade, Ambassador to the EU and Belgium, and the First Vice Foreign Minister. Amb. Ahn studied international relations and law at the Seoul National University (B.A.), and then went on to do degrees at Georgetown University (M.S.), Korea National Open University (LLB), and the Georgetown Law School (LLM). He received a Ph.D. degree (Hons.) in political science from Kyungnam University.