Dr. Yoon-Jae Chung

With Prof. Hiroyuki Niwa
at the first seminar, 1993

Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science & International Relations, Chungbuk National University, Republic of Korea.
Ph.D.(Political Science) University of Hawaii (Fulbright scholarship); M.A.(Political Science) Seoul National University.
Korean Political Science Association (Public Relations and Constitution Revision committees), Korean Association for International Studies, Korean Association for Futures Studies (founding member), Korean Association for Community Studies, Chongju.
Books: Korean Nationalism and the Nature of Coalition Movements in Liberated Korea, Han Sung-jo ed., Issues and Evaluations: Korean History Before and After Liberation, Seoul, Ilnyom-sa.
Papers: World Economic Change and New World Order, Oegyo[Diplomacy] No.21, Korean Association for Diplomacy, 1992; A Political Leadership Approach to Third World Development, Korean Political Science Review (KPSR), 25-2, 1992; A Comparative Analysis of Political Thoughts of An Choe-hong and Paek Nam-un, KPSR, 26-1, 1992.
Dr. Chung has recently finished a paper: A Study on the Method of Korean Political Thoughts -- Focusing on the Problems and Comparative Analysis, which will be published at the end of this year in commemoration of the 60th birthday of his former teacher, Seoul National University. Since his academic career began with his particular interests in studying Korean political thoughts, he will be doing research in this field continuously.
In the middle of last year 1992, he received a grant, with other colleagues, from the Academy of Korean Studies for writing a book on theories of new world order. Since then he has been writing chapters on the future of international relations, which deals with various theories of new world order, including trilateralism, the Club of Rome's global revolution, Daniel Bell's post-industrial society, and Confucius Kang Yu-wei's unique vision of borderless and race-mixed world. He is also writing a paper on Korean Ideas for Regional Peace which deals with three intellectual-turned-political leaders' views on the regional peace and cooperation that had been proposed during the transitional periods since the fall of Choson Dynasty. This will be published in the middle of the year 1994 in commemoration of his another teacher's 60th birthday.
He has been playing tennis since his undergraduate days. About 5 months ago, he started playing golf at nearby indoor training courses. Besides sports, his favorite pastime is to go to the movies. Especially he likes to watch political movies which deal with political figures or political issues such as J.F.K., Malcom X, Z, and Platoon. He would let his students watch those same movies and later have them write critical essays on those movies for mid-term examinations. He thinks political movies are very useful in making the students approach to things more realistic and reflective.