Ambassador Dong-Ik Shin has been appointed as President of the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea from March 2016. Prior to his current appointment, he served as Deputy Minister for Multilateral and Global Affairs at the Ministry (2013-2016), and as Deputy-Permanent Representative at the Korean Mission to the United Nations in New York (2011-2013). He also worked as Minister Counselor at the Korean Mission (2005-08) and Director-General for International Organizations (2008-2010) in the Ministry. In addition, he was an Advisor at the United Nations Foundation in New York (2010- 2011).

He has a variety of experiences in multilateral and UN related affairs. Since joining the Foreign Ministry in 1981, he has assumed political, economic and consular posts in Seattle (1986-1989), Kuala Lumpur (1992-1995) and Geneva (2001-2003). He also served as Director for Security Policy (1999-2001) and Deputy Director General for Policy Planning (2003-04).

Ambassador Shin holds two Master of Arts degrees in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania (1985) and in Political Science from Yonsei University (1983). Ambassador Shin also worked as Research Associate at the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) in London from 1996 to 1997.

He has written articles during his diplomatic career that have appeared in various publications such as Survival (UK), Pacific Review (UK), Diplomacy (Korea), Foreign Policy (Korea) and newspapers in Korea.

Ambassador Shin is married and has two daughters.