High School Supervisor

YEUN A (ANNA) KIM

**** ***** *** ***

Duluth, Georgia 30096

Daytime Phone: 770-***-****

Email: ***********@*****.***

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Social Security Number: ***-**-****

Citizenship: United States of America

Federal Employment Status: N/A

Veterans’ Status: N/A

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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ENGLISH EDITOR/SPEECHWRITER 08/01/2005 to 07/31/2007

Office of the Senior Director for Innovation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT)

Seoul, Republic of Korea (ROK)

Supervisor: Ho Park, currently Director of West Europe Division, MOFAT

E-mail: **********@*******.***; *******@*****.**.**

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* Responsible for editing and writing letters, speeches, and press releases for high-ranking officials of the Government of the Republic of Korea

* Reviewed and finalized official statements, MOUs, and white papers released by the Foreign Ministry

* Advised and gave guidance to Korean diplomats and other Korean government employees regarding the drafting of English texts

* Translated from Korean to English press releases and press guidances published on Ministry’s website

Specific Accomplishments:

> Supervised the drafting, revising, and finalizing of Joint Statements and conference summaries for various international conferences

and bilateral negotiations (eg. Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation, International Seminar on the United Nations in the 21st Century: Challenges and Reform)

> Composed and edited speeches and official letters for the election campaign of Foreign Affairs Minister Ban Ki-moon to the post of UN Secretary-General

ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTOR 09/2000-08/2001

Sogang Language Program (SLP)-Seocho

(Kangnam) Seoul, Korea

Supervisor: Ji-soo Park

Unable to contact due to the closing down of the school

* Taught elementary school level children in basic English grammar, conversational skills, and writing

* Evaluated student development and their overall performance in the classroom

* Held teacher-parent conferences evaluating each students’ performance and deliberated on ways to improve student performance

* Developed monthly lesson plans and planned out course development

EDUCATION

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Master of Arts, Korean for Professionals, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI,

August 2009 (GPA: 3.9)

Master of Arts, Korean Studies, Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, August 2005 (GPA: 3.89)

Bachelor of Arts, International Relations, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, March 1999 (GPA: 3.0/4.0)

Diploma, Academy of Our Lady of Guam High School, Hagatna, Guam; 1994

LANGUAGES

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SPOKEN READING WRITING

KOREAN: Superior Superior Superior

JAPANESE: Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate

FRENCH: Elementary Elementary Elementary

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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DISTINCTIONS

Fellow, The Korean Language Flagship Program, National Security Education Program (NSEP), 06/2008-08/2009;

Korean Studies Representative, Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University Student Union, 09/2003-11/2003; President’s List, University of Guam, Spring 1996; Dean’s List, Fall 1995;

Vice-President, Tourism Awareness Group, University of Guam, 01/1996-05/1996.

PROFICIENCIES

Languages: English (native), Korean (written, proficient; spoken, fluent).

Computer: Extensive use of MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; high proficiency in Internet research.

FREELANCE EDITING/TRANSLATION WORK

Editor/Translator

02/2009-06/2009

Institute of Far Eastern Studies (IFES), Kyungnam University, Seoul, ROK

Translated (Korean to English) Part IV: “Present DPRK Human Rights Conditions” of the book, <Survey on DPRK Human Rights Conditions>,

published by the National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea.

Translator/Research Assistant

11/2002-01/2003

Office of the President, Sejong Institute, Seoul, ROK

Translated theses from Korean to English thesis written by the President of Sejong Institute.

ACTIVITES

Young Leaders Program, Pacific Forum Center for Strategic and Int’l Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii (May 2008-present)

Intern, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA), Seoul, Korea (September 2008-December 2008)

Intern/Rapporteur, Missile Technology Control Regime conference hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and

Trade, Seoul, Korea (October 2004)

Rapporteur, Global Forum II on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity, Ministry of Justice, Seoul, Korea (May 2003)

Rapporteur, Community of Democracies Non-Governmental Forum (CDNGF), The Sejong Institute (May 2002)

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