Jang Hong (M) majored History at Sungkyunkwan University and received a Degree of Profound Studies (D.E.A.) and PhD in International Relations at the Universite de Haute-Alsace (D.E.S.S) with "Research on the European Integration and Public Opinions in Germany and France." He has acted as an EU specialist while living in Strasbourg, Alsace, France for over 20 years as a member of an advisory committee at the Alsace Development Agency and a representative of the Korean mission. He is cultivating an extraordinary affection for wine. Books he has written include Putting French Culture in a Wine Bottle, A New Understanding of European Union, and Wine & Culture: A Story of Wine Told with Culture.