Current President Park Jae-kyu named the 12th head of Kyungnam University

Park Jae-kyu, former Unification Minister, has been appointed as the 12th president of Kyungnam University.
Hanma Hakwon, a school corporation, held a board meeting on November 29 and appointed current president Park Jae-kyu as the 12th president of Kyungnam University.
"Local universities are currently experiencing various crises such as a decrease in school age population and concentration of universities in the metropolitan area. In order to wisely overcome the crisis and bring true student success and educational innovation, Park Jae-kyu, who has led the diversification of local education with strong leadership and laid the foundation for future talent required by the times and society, is the right person,” said an official of Hanma Hakwon.

Until now, President Park has been presenting clear visions and goals to university members with creative wisdom and leadership whenever the university experiences a crisis while serving as a professor and president of Kyungnam University.
Park Jae-kyu has devoted himself to research and education for peaceful unification since the establishment of the Far East Research Institute affiliated with Kyungnam University in 1972.
His representative books include "North Korea Diplomacy Theory," "North Korea's New Diplomacy and Survival Strategy," "North Korea's Dilemma and Future," "A New Unification Story," and "A Road to Peaceful Unification."
In particular, in 2000, when he served as the 26th Minister of Unification and NSC Standing Committee Chairman, he successfully led the inter-Korean summit and the June 15 joint declaration, laying the foundation for inter-Korean reconciliation and cooperation.
In addition, as South Korea's chief delegate to the first to fourth inter-Korean ministerial talks, he has greatly contributed to the establishment of principles and standards for dialogue between the two Koreas and the inter-Korean relationship.

Even after he stepped down from office, he served as a presidential advisor, a member of the President's Social Integration Committee, and an advisor to the Unification Preparation Committee, leading the way in social integration for peace, unification, and public opinion on the Korean Peninsula.
In recognition of these efforts, he received the Cheongjo Geunjeong Medal awarded by the Korean government, the F.D.U. Global Understanding Award, the 1st Korean Peninsula Peace Prize, and the Chirac Foundation's Special Jury Award, and won honorary doctorate degrees from F.D.U., Russia's Far East National University, Kanagawa University, Taiwan's Chinese Culture University, and Soka University.
Meanwhile, the new president's term is four years from February 8, 2023 to February 7, 2027.