Kim Dae-jung
Paik is a member of Board of Directors of the Kim Dae-jung Peace Center—the memorial center for the late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung (Kim Dae-jung), the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2000. He was formerly an advisor in various capacities to South Korea’s Ministry of Unification, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and National Assembly. He was the Executive Director of the Seoul-Washington Forum, the Chairman of the Policy Committee of the Korea Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation, a news commentator for the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), and a columnist for major Korean national newspapers. He was a Vice President of Korean Political Science Association and also a Vice President of the Korean Association of North Korean Studies.