abstract:Paik Hak Soon was born on June 15, 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.
That, argues Paik Hak Soon, a researcher at theSejongInstitute, a Seoulthinktank, means that there is "no other way but to return to the six-party talks for the nuclearissue."
"North Korea wants to get the U.S. to direct bilateral negotiations by using the missile card, " said Paik Hak-soon, a North Korea expert at the Seoul-based Sejong Institute.