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
