Hai Kyung Jun
Representative in Myanmar
A national of the Republic of Korea, Ms. Hai Kyung Jun has extensive experience in partnership building with the public and private sectors, intergovernmental affairs, and research & analysis.
She started her professional career at the United Nations as Associate Fundraising Officer and Donor Relations Officer at UNHCR Headquarters in Geneva (2001-2006). Thereafter, she served as Donor Relations Specialist at UNICEF Office for Japan and the Republic of Korea, in Tokyo Japan (2006-2009), and as Senior Advisor, at the Multilateral Affairs Division in UNICEF Headquarters in New York (2009-2012). Back in her home agency, she served as Special Advisor at the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, UNHCR Headquarters (2012), and subsequently as Assistant Representative (Programme) for UNHCR in Afghanistan (2013-2014). She then represented UNICEF in Santiago de Chile (2014-2018). Prior to taking up the position as UNHCR Representative in Myanmar in November 2020, she served as Director and Secretary of the UNICEF Executive Board at UNICEF Headquarters in New York.
Before joining the United Nations, Ms. Jun worked with the Ministry of Finance and Economy of the Republic of Korea, private companies and the academic institutions.
She studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United State of America (Political Science, Master Science) and Seoul National University, Republic of Korea (International Relations, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science).