Chan Young Bang, Ph.D.
Dr. Chan Young Bang is the founder and President of KIMEP
University, Principal Investigator at the DPRK Strategic Research
Center, and a former economic adviser to Nursultan Nazarbayev, the
first President of Kazakhstan. His current research focuses on nuclear
non-proliferation and the economic development of the DPRK (North
Korea). He is the author of more than 60 articles and nine books on
the global prospects for achieving peace and prosperity on the Korean
peninsula. His latest English-language books include Transition
Beyond Denuclearization: A Bold Challenge for Kim Jong Un and A
Korean Peninsula Free of Nuclear Weapons: Perspectives on
Socioeconomic Development which were published by Palgrave
Mcmillan in 2020 and 2023, respectively.
