 Paik is currently a policy advisor to South 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 (KBS).In addition, he is a news commentator for KBS, the Executive Director of the Seoul-Washington Forum, and the Vice President of the Korean Political Science Association.