CURRICULUM VITAE

Jae Hyun Park

Institute of Development Studies E: j.park1@ids.ac.uk
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NATIONALITY: Korean

LANGUAGES: Korean (mother tongue), English (native-level proficiency)

THEMATIC EXPERTISE: Refugee, Migration, Human Rights Law, Humanitarian Aid, Participatory Methodology

GEOGRAPHICAL EXPERTISE: Korea and Northeast Asia, Myanmar, Uganda, Sri Lanka

OVERVIEW
Jae Hyun Park is currently pursuing her PhD at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex (from January
2017). Her research is on how Burmese political refugees returning from South Korea are contributing to development in
Myanmar and the relationship between this and their experience in South Korea. She has been a practitioner in the field of
refugee and migration for over 15 years through her work at South Korean NGOs, UNHCR offices in Sri Lanka and Uganda,
and the South Korean Ministry of Justice and is currently on leave of absence for study abroad from the Ministry.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

2000 - 2002 MA in International Studies
Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University, South Korea

1994 - 2000 BA in English Language and Literature

Yonsei University, South Korea

RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT
2015 – 2017 Director, Border Control Division, Gimpo Immigration Office, South Korea
Responsible for border control of Gimpo International Airport

2013 – 2015 Director, Nationality and Refugee Division, Seoul Immigration Office, South Korea
In charge of citizenship decisions, refugee status determination, and government
representation of asylum cases in the judiciary for the Seoul Metropolitan area

2009 – 2013 Deputy Director, Refugee Division, Ministry of Justice, South Korea
Drafted government revisions to the Refugee Act and refugee policy documents

2008 – 2009 Director, Entry Division 7, Incheon Airport Immigration Office, South Korea
Managed border control activities of Incheon International Airport

2007 – 2008 Deputy Director, Social Integration Division, Ministry of Justice, South Korea
Focal point for multicultural policy

2006 – 2007 Associate Repatriation Officer, Hoima, Uganda

Organized the first voluntary repatriation of South Sudanese refugees from refugee
camps in Western Uganda

2005 – 2006 International Affairs Researcher, Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, South Korea
Developed items for “W,” a weekly international news program
2002 – 2004 Associate Protection Officer, UNHCR, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka
Monitored protection concerns in the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam)-controlled
area and organized human rights training for the LTTE and government

2002 Coordinator, MINBYUN-Lawyers for a Democratic Society, South Korea

Provided legal counselling for asylum seekers and conducted refugee status
determination interviews

SELECTED EXPERIENCE
2004 International Summer School in Forced Migration, Refugee Studies Centre,
University of Oxford, UK

2001 Volunteer, Hanawon (Government Settlement Support Centre for North Koreans),
South Korea

1999 Intern, Citizens Alliance for North Korean Human Rights