David Chan-oong Kang

  • Professor of International Relations and Business
  • Director of the Korean Studies Institute
  • USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Office: (213) 821-4319 Cell: (213) 290-5264

Expertise Summary

Expert in North and South Korea, East Asian international affairs; can speak on the South Korean president

Expertise

  • North Korea
  • East Asian international relations
  • Chinese foreign policy/human rights
  • North Korean nuclear issues
  • East Asian economic and trade issues
  • U.S.-China relations
  • U.S.-Japan relations
  • APEC and ASEAN
  • Dokdo/Takeshima/Spratly island territorial disputes
  • North Korean human rights
  • North Korean economic reforms
  • South Korean politics

Languages

  • Korean

Additional Information

  • Author of China Rising: Peace, Power, and Order in East Asia (2007) and Crony Capitalism: Corruption and Development in South Korea and the Philippines (2002)
  • Co-author of Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies (2003)