Yongwook is an Assistant Professor at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS. He specializes in International Relations, with a focus on East Asia. His research interests include foreign policies of China, Japan, Korea and ASEAN as well as broad regional and global issues. Yongwook received his Ph.D. from the Department of Government, Harvard University. Prior to joining the LKYSPP, Yongwook taught at the Australian National University and Yonsei University, and held visiting posts at Beijing University, Tokyo University, Hitotsubashi University, and National Taiwan University. He is a native of South Korea and grew up both in Korea and New Zealand, and speaks Korean, Japanese, and Chinese (Mandarin). Yongwook was a Frank Knox Memorial Fellow at Harvard, and his research has been supported by various organizations including the Japan Foundation Fellowship and Taiwan Government.
