Paik Hak Soon was born in June 15th 1954, in Boseong, Jeollanam-do, South Korea. 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 Korea. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993, and was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University from 1996 to 1997. Wikipedia
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