Members
The Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (APLN) has over one hundred members from eighteen countries across Asia and the Pacific, consisting of former political, diplomatic and military leaders, senior government officials, and scholars and opinion leaders. APLN aims to inform and energize public opinion, especially high-level policymakers, to take seriously the very real threats posed by nuclear weapons, and to do everything possible to achieve a world in which they are contained, diminished and eventually eliminated.
Robyug PARK
Former South Korean Ambassador to Russia and Chief Negotiator for the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement with the US
Amb. Park Robyug is a distinguished career diplomat and scholar with over three decades of experience in diplomacy and academia. He currently serves as Secretary General of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP). Having joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1980, he held key positions including Director-General for European Affairs and postings at the Korean embassies in Russia and the United States. He served as Ambassador to Ukraine and Moldova (2008–2011) and Ambassador to Russia (2015–2017), as well as the Chief Negotiator for the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement with the US (2011–2015) and Ambassador for Energy and Resources.
Following his diplomatic service, Amb. Park continued to contribute to academia as Adjunct Professor at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy and Visiting Professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (2018–2022). Since November 2024, he has been a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University.
He earned his B.A. in International Relations from Seoul National University (1980), completed a Diploma in International Relations at the London School of Economics (1983), and obtained a Ph.D. in History from the Foreign Ministry of Russia (1994). He was also a Visiting Fellow at Georgetown University (2007–2008).
His publications include Twenty Years of Economic Relations between Korea and Russia(1884-1903) and Paradigms of International Relations.