Kim Han-jung is a South Korean politician affiliated with the liberal Minjoo Party of Korea.
He is a member of the Korean National Assembly representing the Namyanjgju constituency.
He began his career as press secretary for Kim Dae-Jung, chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, and served as the Senior Advisor to the President Kim Dae-jung of the Republic of Korea.
During his time in office, he accompanied the president to the historical 2000 Inter-Korean Summit.
Kim is currently a member of the Public Administration and Security Committee and the Special Committee on Inter-Korean Economic Development of the National Assembly, and has been recognized for his expertise in inter-Korean relations and foreign affairs.
He has also held several key positions on the 20th National Assembly, including the Special Advisor on Foreign Affairs and National Security to the Floor Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea.
He has also researched North Korean-U.S.
relations as a visiting scholar at the Cornell University East Asia Program and taught international relations at the Yonsei University Wonju East Asia International College.
Kim was Senior Advisor to presidential candidate Moon Jae-in during the 2012 Presidential Elections.
He also played an active role in Moon’s election in 2017 as the Deputy Head of the Strategic Headquarters within the Democratic Party's Central Election Campaign Committee.
As a member of the ruling party on the national assembly, Kim regularly advises the Moon administration’s policies on North-South Korean relations and South Korea-U.S.
relations.
In July 2018, he traveled to Pyeongyang as Execution Committee Chairperson of the Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation in order to facilitate nongovernment exchange between the North and South.