Career
Paik is currently the director of Inter-Korean Relations Studies Program and the director of the Center for North Korean Studies at the Sejong Institute in of Korea. Paik is currently a policy advisor to South of Korea"s Ministry of Unification and the head of the Ministry"s Policy Evaluation Committee. He is also a policy advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Office of Inter-Korean Exchanges and Cooperation for the Korean Broadcasting System (Korean Broadcasting System).
In addition, he is a news commentator for Korean Broadcasting System, the Executive Director of the Seoul-Washington Forum, and the Vice President of the Korean Political Science Association.
Paik frequently contributes to various South Korean and international news media.
