Amb. Chun Yungwoo is the chairman and founder of the Korean Peninsula Future Forum (KPFF), a think tank on national security studies. He is also a columnist for The Chosunilbo. Amb. Chun served as the National Security Advisor to President Lee Myung-bak (2010- 2013). Before joining the Office of the President, he had been a career diplomat for 33 years. He served in key posts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including as Second Vice Foreign Minister (2009-2010), Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, Head of the ROK Delegation to the Six-Party Talks (2006-2008), and Deputy Foreign Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations (2005-2006). His senior overseas assignments include Ambassador to the United Kingdom (2008-2009) and Ambassador/Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York (2003-2005). He is also the author of The ROK President’s Foreign and National Security Policy Agenda (Parkyoungsa, 2022). Amb. Chun received his Master of International Affairs from the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.