Report Launch Event - A Story of Urban Development in Korea: From Overconcentration toward Balanced Territorial Development and Urban Regeneration

Mr. Jaeyong Kim is currently the General Director of Global Cooperation Center at LH, Korea Land and Housing Corporation. At LH, He is in charge of creating new cooperative partnerships for G to G or PPP projects. Mr. Kim has served in various capacities at LH for over two decades. He has participated in national policy projects in collaboration with Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, including the establishment of the KLIS utilizing GIS and land suitability assessment projects using land information. Also, he has worked in sales and marketing of land developed by LH, as well as in corporate and policy communications within the LH Public Relations Office. He holds a BA degree in Urban Planning and an MA degree in Economics from Yonsei University, Korea, and also he has another Master’s degree in International Planning Studies from Michigan State University, USA.

Mr. Ahn joined Korea Land and Housing Corporation in 1999 with over 25 years of experience in LH, ranging from industrial complex, housing complex, land compensation, balanced regional development to personnel management and planning and coordination of general and external cooperation projects. As Director General in Global Business Office at LH, he plays a key role in undertaking global projects on urban development, housing, smart cities and urban regeneration and sharing these knowledge with other countries. He holds a B.A. degree in Political Science in Chung-Ang University, Korea and a M.A. in International Planning Studies from Michigan State University, USA.

Narae Choi is a Senior Urban Development Specialist at the World Bank. She is based in the Korea Office as part of the Urban, Resilience and Land Global Practice for the East Asia Pacific and is leading the urban policy dialogue in Malaysia and the Philippines. At the World Bank Headquarters in DC, she led the Global Smart City Partnership Program (GSCP) and Inclusive Cities Program. She joined the World Bank in 2013 as a Young Professional and has worked on the national community empowerment program of Indonesia, and led urban operations in Rwanda, Tanzania and Kenya, as well as a number of analytical works in Africa. She holds a PhD (DPhil) in International Development from the University of Oxford, specialized in development-induced displacement and resettlement, slum upgrading and affordable housing.  

Yeunwoo Jeong graduated from Hanyang University's Department of Urban Engineering and earned master's and doctoral degrees from the same university. He is currently working at LHRI after working at the Korea Environment Institute. His main areas of interest include urban and regional development, overseas urban development, and GIS. His major books include “Urbanization and Regeneration in Korea,” and major papers include “Overseas Industrial Complex Development Strategies based on Demand” and “A Study on Korea New Town Development’s International Advantages on UN Sustainable Development Goals’ City Indicators”.

Mr. Byunghun Yun is currently a research fellow at LH Land and Housing Research Institute(LHRI). His main research interests include Urban regeneration, Urban Disaster Prevention, and Spatial Analysis, and He has published numerous academic papers in these fields.

Before joining LHRI, He worked as a professional civil servant in the field of Urban Regeneration in Seoul Metropolitan City, where He experienced both field and administrative work. As the secretary general of the Urban Regeneration Cooperation Center for the four Northeastern districts of Seoul (Seongbuk-gu, Gangbuk-gu, Dobong-gu, and Nowon-gu), He promoted Urban Regeneration projects on a wide-scale basis, including surrounding areas, rather than limiting the project area individually. He holds a BA degree in Civil Engineering and a Master's and Doctoral degree in Urban Planning from University of Seoul, and has interdisciplinary Research Capabilities.

Ms. Beckhee Cho was the Former General Director of the Global Cooperation Center at LH, Korea Land and Housing Corporation. She headed the GCC team, creating and strengthening cooperative partnerships with governments and global organizations through capacity building and short consultancy programs sharing LH’s broad experience in Korea’s urban development and housing. Ms. Cho has over 30 years of work in various forms of international relations, primarily in the government or public sector, focusing on bilateral/multilateral issues and international development. Before joining LH, Ms. Cho headed the global operation of LX, Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporation, developing ICT projects related to the modernization of land administration and management in countries around the world, sharing Korea’s knowhow in this regard. Ms. Cho was the spokesperson for foreign media in the political sector for numerous years and worked in the National Assembly for well over a decade in the inter-parliamentary section. Ms. Cho is trilingual, Korean, English and Spanish, having resided in various regions of the world. She has a BA degree in Creative Writing from the University of Miami and an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Dr. Seong served Director of Urban Research Office(2010), Director of Research Planning Office(2012), Director of Territory & Region Research Office(2022) and Director of Global Partnership Office(2018) in LHRI. He graduated Graduate school of Hanyang University in Seoul, Korea. (Ph.D. in Urban Planning, 1998)

Some highlights of his research careers are: Mid-Long Term Strategic Planning for LH Global Business (2021-2022); A Study on Experience and Performances of Korean Urban Development(2017); A Study on the Guidelines for New Towns in Korea(2017); Future territory prospects and LH Roles(2017); A Study of Linking for Urban Development under UN Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs)(2015); and Urban Development Models in Central and South America (I) (2015).

Prof. Hyun Soo Kim is currently the Dean of Dankook University's School of Social Sciences. And he is the former President of Korean Planning Association. He is also a general planner of a 3rd generation new town, a member of the National Land Policy Deliberation Committee, a member of the National Property Policy Deliberation Committee, and a member of the Central Urban Planning Committee of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT). He serves as the Chairman of the promotion committee of the Urban Regeneration Industry Expo, a member of the Regional Balanced Development Forum of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and an advisory member of the Presidential Committee for Decentralization and Balanced Development. He is working as the Chairman of the Master Planner for Changneung New Town and Uigunan New Town. He is very interested in the development of a compact city centered on the transit station area of the railroad and insists on a transition to base-linked national city management.

Kartika Listriana, Assistant Deputy Minister for Strengthening Regional Competitiveness at Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs is a graduate of Bandung Institute of Technology on Urban and Regional Planning. She completed her Master of International for Public Policy Management at the University of Southern California. Aligned with her position, she aims to empower regional competitiveness by developing the Free Trade Zone, Industrial zones, Special Economic Zones, Urban Areas, Tourism Zones, and Cross-Border zones. Her focus of work is also to encourage green and blue energy as a main/support system to pursue Indonesia's industrial competitiveness. In Urban Areas, she coordinates the management of Metropolitan Area policies, as well as coordinates for designing and implementing Urban Transformation programs closely with relevant government agencies.

Yoonhee Kim is the Practice Manager for Urban, Disaster Risk Management and Land (East Asia Region) within the Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice at the World Bank, effective July 2023. She brings a wealth of expertise as the former Lead Urban Specialist and Program Leader for Sustainable Development (SD) in China, Mongolia and Korea at the World Bank, where she coordinates the SD programs consisting of environment, natural resources and blue economy, water, social sustainability and inclusion, urban, resilience and land, and agriculture and food. Prior to assuming the role of SD Program Leader in July 2020, she worked more than 13 years at the Bank as an Urban Specialist in a number of countries in South Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean Regions, where she led multi-sectoral and complex lending operations and policy dialogue on urban housing, local government support, and green and sustainable municipal infrastructure. She also led and participated in a number of publications on urbanization review, housing policy and municipal service delivery. Yoonhee has a B.A. in political science from Yonsei University, Korea, and graduate degrees in international economics from Johns Hopkins SAIS and in urban economics and policy from the University of Maryland.