Yun-Tae Kim Explained

Yun-Tae Kim
Party:	Minjoo Party of Korea
Occupation:	professor

Kim Yun-Tae (; born 3 July 1965) is a South Korean academic and politician.^{[1] [2]} He is a member of the Minjoo Party of Korea, and is currently a professor, Department of Sociology, and Department of Social Welfare, Korea University. A sociologist, Kim is an active social welfare advocate. He has written academic and popular works regarding social issues, welfare, and politics in Korea. In 1986, Kim, as a president of student association in Korea University, contributed to university students' democratic movement and served a prison sentence of two years and six months.^[3]

He studied at University of Cambridge and later received PhD from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Following the creation of the Millennium Democratic Party, Kim served as a vice-chair of policy committee. He later served as the 13th Speaker of the National Assembly Library of the Republic of Korea under President Kim Dae-jung.^[4] In March 2016, Kim announced his candidacy for the National Assembly in Gunsan, but was ultimately unsuccessful in the April parliamentary election.

Education

• London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). PhD in Sociology
• University of Cambridge, Development studies, Diploma in Development Studies
• Korea University, BA in Sociology^{[5] [6]}

Career

• Professor, Department of Sociology and Department of Social Welfare, Korea University
• Director of Social Policy Research Center in the Public Policy Research Institute, Korea University
• Vice-chair of Policy Committee, the Minjoo Party of Korea
• The 13th Librarian of the National Assembly Library of the Republic of Korea
• Vice-President of Korean Association of Social Welfare Policy
• Advisor of Social welfare in People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (Non-profit organisation)
• Director of Korea Society Opinion Institute National Assembly Policy Research Associate
• Vice-Chair of policy committee, Millennium Democratic Party
• President of Student Association, Korea University (democratisation movement activist in prison for 30 months)

Publications

• Human and societal collapse (2015)
• Korean politics: Where is it heading? (2014) (Co-author)
• Poverty: How to Fight (2013)
• Introduction to Sociology for New Generation (2012)
• A Happier Society for My Children (2012) – Co-author
• Korean Chaebol and a Developing Country (2012)
• Sociology for Everyone (2011)
• Welfare State (2010) Co-author
• A New Way of the Progress (2009), Co-author
• Eleven thoughts about Creativity (2009), Co-author
• Bureaucrats and Entrepreneurs: The State and the Chaebol in Korea (2008)
• The Social Economy and Social Enterprises: Korean Seek Social Work and Social Services (2007) Co-author
• Beyond the Free Market (2007)
• World History for the Educated Citizen (2007)
• In an Era of Soft Power (2003)
• Wind of Change (2001),, 9788981201890
• Chaebol and Power (2000),, 9788981201616
• The Third Way: Tony Blair and the Britain's Choice, (1999),
• Globalization and the Nation State: The Case of South Korea International Area Studies Review September 1999 2:3–21, doi:10.1177/223386599900200201
• Neoliberalism and the decline of the developmental state (1999): Journal of Contemporary Asia, volume 29, Issue 4, 441–461, doi:10.1080/00472339980000231

Notes and References

1. News: ko:=더민주 군산지역구 김윤태 교수 전략공천. http://www.newsis.com/ar_detail/view.html?ar_id=NISX20160318_0013966192&cID=10808&pID=10800. Newsis. Go Seok-jong (고석중) . 18 March 2016. 4 April 2016.
2. News: ko:'전략공천' 김윤태 고려대 교수, 군산시 총선 출마 선언. http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2016/03/21/0200000000AKR20160321087900055.HTML?input=1195m. Yonhap. Choe Yeong-so (최영수) . 21 March 2016. 4 April 2016.
3. News: ko:군산 정가...386 정치인 핵심 부상 . http://m.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/Mobile/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0000156882. . Jo Dong-jun (조동준) . 12 March 2002. 4 April 2016.
4. News: ko:김윤태 고려대 교수...더욱 발전하는 군산, 살기 좋은 군산 만들기 진력. http://www.dailyjeonbuk.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=21624. Daily Jenbuk . Kim Sang-so (김상수) . 16 June 2008. 4 April 2016.
5. News: ko:김윤태 후보 '상처 입은 군산 자존심 세우겠다'. http://news1.kr/articles/?2608652. news 1. Kim Jae-su (김재수) . 21 March 2016. 4 April 2016.
6. Web site: Naver biographical dictionary . 4 April 2016.