President Yoon Appoints Attorney Kim Ung-gi as Non-Standing Member of the New Truth and Reconciliation Commission

The 2nd Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Past Affairs (Truth and Reconciliation Commission) announced on the 30th that lawyer Kim Ung-gi (56, male), who was elected by the National Assembly as the 2nd non-standing member, was appointed by President Yoon Seok-yeol.

Kim Ung-gi, Newly Appointed Non-Standing Member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Newly appointed Commissioner Kim was elected on the 27th of last month at the 405th extraordinary session of the National Assembly, recommended by the People Power Party. According to the Framework Act on Truth and Reconciliation on Past Affairs, commissioners of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission are elected by the National Assembly and appointed by the President. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission consists of a total of nine members: one chairman, two standing members, and six non-standing members, with a term of two years.

Commissioner Kim, who is currently practicing as a lawyer at the law firm Cheongho, began his career as a member of the Human Rights Committee of the Seoul Bar Association in 2007 and served as a member of the Ministry of Unification’s Committee on Compensation and Support for Victims of Abduction to North Korea in 2008. From 2011, he served for four years as a member of the North Korean Human Rights Subcommittee of the Korean Bar Association, providing legal support and litigation assistance to North Korean defectors. In 2016, he served as a non-standing auditor of the Democracy Movement Commemoration Association, and in 2017, he served for two years as a functional standing member of the National Unification Advisory Council. Since 2009, he has been active as a director of the North Korean Human Rights Information Center and also as a director of the Past Affairs Settlement Integration Research Institute.

Commissioner Kim graduated from the Department of Law at Hanyang University, earned a master's degree in International Human Rights Law from the Graduate School of Law at Kookmin University, and completed doctoral coursework in North Korean and Unification Law at the Graduate School of Law.

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