Education
· 1982 - 1986 Sogang Univ. Seoul,South Korea (B.A. Mass Communication)
· 1989 - 1991 Sogang Univ. Seoul,South Korea (M.A. Mass Communication)
· 1995 – 1997 Goldsmith’s College,Univ. of London,London, UK (M.A. TV Drama)
Professional experience
1987 – now
Working as Head of childen's programme unit, Youth programme unit and children's Drama unit
EBS (Korean Educational Broadcasting System),
Seoul, S.Korea.
Jan.2006 – Dec. 2007
ABU (Asia Pacific Broadcasting union)
· Senior Executive Officer, based on the secondment,
· in charge of Asian children’s programme development and training
Jan. 2008 - now
AIBD (Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development)
Programme Manger, based on the secondment from EBS
International Activities & Career
July 2001-July 2004
Vice-chairman of Children’s Programme Working Party at ABU
July 2004 – now
Chairperson of ABU Children’s Programme Working Party members
Executive Producer of the ABU Children’s Drama Co-production (the first Asian Children’s programme co-production)
2000 Feb / 2002
Participated in Asia Pacific Television Forum for Youth and Children (Seoul, Korea/ Bangkok, Tailand)
2000 May
Participated in Prix Jeunesse International Munich, Germany
2001 May - now (annual participant to represent ABU member)
EBU Children's Programme Item Exchange (Saarbrucken/Erfurt, Germany)
2002 Feb
Pre-selection Jury for Prix Jeunesse International
2002 June
Participate in Prix Jeunesse International (Munich, Germany)
2002 Nov
NHK Japan Prize (Jury member for Children and Youth category) Asian Producers' Workshop commentator at NHK
2002 Nov
Participate in EBU TV Youth Programme Experts meeting(Bergen, Norway)
2003 July
Moderater at Japan Prize Asian Forum(Bangkok, Thailand)
2003 Oct- 2007 (annual reporter for children's programme activity)
Presentation at the annual ABU Genaral Assembly (Istanbul,Turkey/ Almaty ,Kazakhstan/Hanoi, Vietnam/ Beijing, China/ Tehran, Iran)
2003 Oct
Participate in Workshop for Edutainment Program (Munich, Germany)
2003 Nov
NHK Japan Prize (Jury member for Children and Youth category & Chairperson for Progam Proposal Division)
2003 Dec
Basel Karlsruhe Fetival (Jury member for the festival: Adult Edu/ School Pro./ Multi Media)
2004 Feb - Dec
Executive Producer of ABU children’s drama series
The first International Coproduction for children in ABU
2004 Nov
Represent ABU Children’s Drama at EBU Youth Experts Meeting (Lugano, Switzerland)
2004 Dec
Participate in Basel Karlsruhe Fetival (Basel, Switzerland)
2005 Oct
Asia Pacific Children&Youth TV Festival Juror and presenter at the forum (Beijing China)
2006 – now
Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as a senior Executive officer & Programme manager, mainly working for the In-country workshop for Asian children’s programme development.
Workshop was held in Mongolia, Bhutan, Brunei, Myanamr, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Korea, Pakistan, Mauritius, Bnagladeshi, China,etc
