Growing up on the divided Korean Peninsula, questions of unification, peace, and reconciliation have shaped my perspective and fueled my curiosity. These enduring questions now guide my research on mission, reconciliation, and Korean unification discourse. I am especially interested in how Christian communities engage conflict not merely as an obstacle but as a context for reconciliation.

Before doctoral studies, I served for several years as an ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church of Korea, leading children’s and education ministries. This pastoral background informs my research, as ministry impressed upon me both the importance of nurturing the next generation’s faith and the church’s responsibility in peacebuilding.

Through my work, I seek to contribute to a contextual theology of reconciliation that bridges divides within the Korean church while also offering insights to global conversations on mission, healing, and peace.