YOON&YANG
Young Soon Kwon Senior Advisor
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Young Soon Kwon is a senior advisor at Yoon & Yang LLC and his main practice area is employment and labor.
After passing the 29th Civil Service Examination in 1985, Mr. Kwon served as Deputy Director of Planning and Coordination and Labor-Management Policy Office, and Director and Director General for Labor and Employment Policy Office of the Ministry of Labor, President of the Seoul Regional Labor Relations Commission, and Deputy Minister for Labor Policy of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, etc. He also built broad experiences in labor and employment fields as President of the Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association, Facilitator of the National Human Resources Development Institute, and Public Interest Member of the National Labor Relations Commission, etc. His excellent service at the Ministry of Employment and Labor was proven by a Presidential Award and the Order of Service Merit (Red Stripes)

Experience

  • 2022-present Yoon & Yang LLC
  • 2022-present Interest Member, National Labor Relations Commission
  • 2018-present Facilitator, National Human Resources Development Institute
  • 2016-19 President, Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association
  • 2013-15 Deputy Minister, Labor Policy Office, Ministry of Employment and Labor
  • 2012-13 President, Seoul Regional Labor Relations Commission, Ministry of Employment and Labor
  • 2010-12 Director General for Equal Employment Policy, Employment Policy Office, Ministry of Employment and Labor
  • 2007-09 President, Gwangju Regional Labor Department, Ministry of Labor
  • 2005-07 Head of Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Innovation Team, Employment Policy Office, Ministry of Labor
  • 1995-05 Director, Labor and Employment Policy Office
  • 1985-94 Deputy Director, Planning and Coordination and Labor-Management Policy Office, Ministry of Labor
  • 1985 Passed 29th Civil Service Examination

Education

  • 2018 Dankook University Graduate School of Law (Ph.D. in Sociology, coursework completed)
  • 2003 KDI School of Public Policy and Management, M.A. in Economic and Public Policy
  • 1994 Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Administration (MPA, coursework completed)
  • 1985 Seoul National University, B.A. in Social Welfare

Awards

  • Order of Service Merit, Red Stripes
  • Certified Labor Attorney, Korea (2010)

  • Korean and English