He was the chief presidential secretary to President Kim Dae-jung,[2] and served as the Minister of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and coined the term "Esports"[3] during his administration.

[8] Park Jie-won was charged with abusing his power and violating domestic laws on foreign exchange trade and inter-Korean cooperation affairs while orchestrating covert money transfers by Hyundai to North Korea.

He played a pivotal role in arranging the first Inter-Korean summit between South and North Korean leader in June 2000.

Park was released in February 2007, and subsequently pardoned in December 2007,[10] which enabled him to run for a legislative election in April 2008.

[13] In December 2020, the Moon administration subsequently passed a reform bill to remove the NIS's involvement in domestic intelligence and activities and transferring of such powers to the National Police Agency.