He first visited Korea in July 1982,[5] staying for a year as an English teacher and growing increasingly interested in the traditional culture found in its mountains, ultimately turning it into a career.

[17] He has served on the managing boards of and been a frequent lecturer for Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch (RAS[18]) in Seoul and contributed to the society's journal Transactions, writing on "Sacred Aspects and Assets of Taebaek-san",[19] "Jirisan: Sacred Aspects and Assets",[20] "Mountain Tourism and Religious Heritage Sites: A Fresh Paradigm"[21] and "Go-un Choi Chi-won’s Pungryu".

[24] In addition, his research paper "The Baekdu-daegan Region as Korea's Fresh & Green Multi-faith Pilgrimage-Tourism Destination" was published by the "Religious Tourism in Asia and the Pacific" Report of UNWTO in April 2011.

[27] He served as the contributing editor to the first Edition of the "Baekdu-daegan Trail Guidebook" authored by Roger Shepherd and Andrew Douch, which garnered wide attention from international travel-hikers.

[33][34][35] He gave a talk at a seminar and publicity event about Baekdu-daegan held by the Korea Forest Research Institute at the Mungyeong Saejae Pass on June 10, 2010, which also featured Director-General Shin Jun-hwan and the famous Korean poet Ko Un[36][37]