K.A. Namkung
Namkung is a leading Asia expert with 45 years of experience in U.S.-Asian relations in public policy, academic and think tank research, business consulting, and nonprofit fields of endeavor. He frequently provides advisory services to corporations, private foundations, and NGOs on political and economic trends in U.S.-Asian and intra-Asian relations. Namkung is regarded by senior officials in the governments of Japan, China, South Korea, North Korea, and the U.S. as an effective negotiator who can communicate across political boundaries in dealing with difficult issues and credited with having helped defuse major tensions and crises on the Korean peninsula on several occasions.