Chan Young Bang, Ph.D.

Chan Young Bang Ph.D. 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 proliferation and the economic development of DPRK (North Korea). He is the author of numerous articles and books on prospects for achieving peace and prosperity in the Korean peninsula. His latest book, Transition beyond denuclearization - A bold challenge for Kim Jong Un, was published by Palgrave Mcmillan in 2020.