Sung Joong KIM

Education 
 Feb. 1971  : Graduated from Jeonju High School
 Feb. 1977  : Graduated from Chonbuk National Univ. Dept. of Trade
 Feb. 1979  : Earned a MS degree in trade from Chonbuk National Univ.
 1985 : Earned a MS degree in labor economics from School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell Univ.
 Feb. 2005  : Earned a Ph. D in economics from Wonkwang Univ. 

Experience 
 1976 : Passed the 19 th Higher Civil Servant Examination
 Apr. 1990 : Dispatched researcher for the Korea Labor Institute
 Jan. 1994 : Head of Ansan Regional Labor Office
 Jul. 1996  : Secretary General of the Presidential Commission on Industrial Relations Reform (Grade III) 
 Sept. 1999  : Director General for Labor Management Cooperation Division (Grade II)
 Nov. 2002  : Deputy Minister for Employment Policy Office 
 Apr. 2003  : Chairman of Seoul Regional Labor Relations Commission
 Sept. 2005  : Deputy Minister for Policy PR Office
 Feb. 2006  : Vice Minister of Labor 
 
Honors & Awards 
Dec. 1995  : Awarded the Green Stripes Order of Service Merit