Han Park is a
professor
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at the
University of Georgia
, mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things."
, establ ...
in the
United States
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.
He has acted as an unofficial
negotiator between the United States and North Korea.
He was born in the
Republic of China
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in an area now controlled by the
People's Republic of China
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. His
parents
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were Korean. He has a
Seoul National University
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B.A., an
American University
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M.A., a
University of Minnesota
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Ph.D.
He is Director of the
Center for the Study of Global Issues (GLOBIS) at the University of Georgia.
He negotiated for the release of
Laura Ling
Laura Ling (born December 1, 1976) is an American journalist and writer. She worked for Current TV as a correspondent and vice president of its Vanguard Journalism Unit, which produced the ''Vanguard'' TV series.
She was the host and reporter o ...
and
Euna Lee
Euna Lee (Hangul:유나 리; born 1972) is a Korean American journalist.
While working for Current TV, Lee and fellow journalist Laura Ling were detained in North Korea after they crossed into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from ...
, two American citizens who crossed the border (according to their confession) to do a news story about North Korea. They were accompanied by a camera man and Korean guide but both men were able to run away faster when the North Koreans tried to arrest the four.
Hillary Clinton
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refused to say whether she sent Park to negotiate on behalf of the U.S. government.
References
https://web.archive.org/web/20090412203449/http://spia.uga.edu/news/releases/han_park_speaks_to_cnn_on_recent_events_in_north_korea/
https://web.archive.org/web/20091208091639/http://hanpark.myweb.uga.edu/biosketch.html
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/july-dec97/skorea_12-19.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8145440.stm
Living people
University of Minnesota alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
North Korea–United States relations
American University alumni
Seoul National University alumni
University of Georgia faculty
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