국립부경대학교 국제지역학부

Aug 2016 –

Apr 2021

Ph.D.

Department of Government and International Relations, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Thesis: Engineering Democracy: The Origins of the Political Transition from Military Rule in Myanmar

Aug 2010 –

Aug 2012

M.A.

International Development and Cooperation, Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Thesis: State Sovereignty and Responsibility in Humanitarian Situations: The Role of ASEAN in Myanmar

Mar 2003 –

Feb 2007

B.A.

International Area Studies (Northeast Asia – China) Pukyoung National University, Busan, Korea

Sep 2023 -

Assistant Professor

Division of International and Area Studies, PKNU, Busan

Sep 2021 – Aug 2023

Senior Researcher

Institute for Global and Area Studies, PKNU, Busan

Apr – May 2023

International election observer (Long Term Observer, LTO), representing PSPD, of 2023 Thai General Election

Asian Network for Free Election (ANFREL)

Apr – May 2022

International election observer (Long Term Observe, LTO), representing PSPD, of 2022 Philippine Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and General Election

Asian Network for Free Election (ANFREL)

Jan – June 2016

Field coordinator

Korea – Mae Sot Cooperation Centre (KMCC), Mae Sot, Thailand

Nov 2015

International election observer (Short Term Observer, STO)

The 2015 General Election in Myanmar

Asian Network for Free Election (ANFREL), Yangon, Myanmar

Aug 2014 – Feb 2015

Assistant Manager of International Cooperation Program Agency of Global Development and Cooperation and Fisheries (D.C.F), Pukyoung National University, Busan, Korea

Jan 2013 – Apr 2014

Jan – Dec 2012

Field researcher of Joint Research Project with the University of Yangon

-  Manager and field researcher (Seoul’s Knowledge Sharing Programme)

-  Field researcher and co-manager of Local Knowledge Centre in the University of Yangon

Researcher and program coordinator

ReDI (Re-shaping Development Institute), Seoul, Korea

2023

Journal Articles

·     (Kor) Kihong Mun. Education System and International Development Cooperation in the Thailand-Myanmar Border: The Case of Karen Migrant Learning Centers. The Korean Journal of Area Studies 41(1) 55-90.

·     (Kor) Kihong Mun. From Humanitarian Assistance to Development Aid for Peace: The Case Study of a Resettlement Village in the Thai-Myanmar Border. Journal of International Area Studies 27(2) 69-104.

·     (Kor) Hayoung Park and Kihong Mun. Analyzing South Korean Media Coverage and Discourse on the Coup in Myanmar. The Journal of Humanities and Social Science 21 14(2) 1417-1430.

·     (Eng) Kihong Mun. The Origin and the Consolidation of Military Rule in Myanmar: from historical perspective. Southeast Asia Journal 33(1) 231-264.

·     (Kor) Min Hyun and Kihong Mun. Trends and Issues in Southeast Asian Studies in Korea Using a Text Mining Analysis. Journal of Global and Area Studies 7(1) 97-117.

·     (Kor) Kihong Mun. Australia’s Trans-Pacific Connectivity: A Study on the Immigration Gateway City, Sydney. The Journal of Asian Studies 26(2) 155-176.

2022

Journal Articles

·     (Kor) Kihong Mun. Paradox of the Democratization in Myanmar: From the Loosened Authoritarianism to Electoral Authoritarianism. The Journal of Asian Studies 25(3) 73-92.

·     (Kor) Kihong Mun. US-China Competition in Southeast Asia: In the Mekong Region.

Journal of Global and Area Studies 6(2) 137-158.

2021

Journal Articles

·     (Kor) Kihong Mun. The Dynamics of Authoritarian-led Democratization and Democratic Backsliding: Institutional Strength of Military Rule in Myanmar. Asia Review 11(2) 217-246.

·     (Kor) Kihong Mun. EU’s Responsibility to Protect and Humanitarian Assistance: A Case Study on Myanmar’s Humanitarian Situations. The Journal of Contemporary European Studies 39(3) 87-110.

·     (Kor) Kihong Mun. Mass mobilization under military rule in Myanmar. The Southeast Asian Review 31(4) 215-251.

Blog post on East Asia Forum

Democracy Still under threat

2016

Book Chapter

Toward a people-oriented and people-centred ASEAN: The concepts of ‘regionalism’ and ‘regionalization’. The Future of ASEAN-Korea Partnership, (pp. 148-173), Seoul: ASEAN-Korea Centre