Ulleungdo and Dokdo

Byung Ryull Kim is an international law scholar on Dokdo with extensive research and policy advisory experience. A graduate of Korea Military Academy, he earned his Ph.D. in Law from Korea University, specializing in international law. He became a professor at Korea National Defense University in 1989, where he has been teaching international law. He authored sixteen scholarly works on Dokdo, some of which were published in Japanese or English. Kim served as the head of the Dokdo Response Team at the Blue House and as the inaugural director of he Dokdo Research Institute at Northeast Asian History Foundation