Over the past three decades, Mr. Won-Soon Park has worked to bring institutional changes and social justice to Korea. It isn’t difficult to relate what led Mr. Park to his life's work of promoting social justice and institutional change, which dates as far back as 1975. It was in precisely in 1975 that Mr. Park, then a student at Seoul National University, was imprisoned for expressing his beliefs througstudent activism. His political predicament did not daunt him, but, instead, made him more resolute in the face of an oppressive regime. Since that time, a series of thoughts and ambitions have been germinating in Mr. Park’s fertile mind on how to bring about changes and improvement for South Korea, including institutionalization and democratization projects. Not only is Mr. Park a world-traveler, but he is also a social scientist skilled at brainstorming ideas gathered from across the globe. His transatlantic student experiences in both the UK (London School of Economics) and the US (Harvard University) have enriched his spiritual outlook. His ideas are now aimed at promoting institutional changes in South Korea rather than being locked up inside the ivory towers of Academia. Mr. Park's role within the Hope Institute is uniquely different from his previous occupations, such as activist, human rights attorney, Secretary-General of the PSPD and Director and fundraiser for The Beautiful Foundation, among others. His new role is referred to as 'social designer'. For one thing, he intended the Hope Institute, as a think-tank, to be a blueprint for the future of Korean society.