Bahk Eun-ji has been with The Korea Times since 2012, building a career across multiple desks. She began at the Business Desk, where she conducted in-depth interviews with key figures in Korea's corporate world. Later, she moved to the Politics & City Desk, focusing on education policy and social affairs. She later served as team leader of the digital content team, leading curation efforts on the newspaper’s homepage and reshaping print stories for social media audiences to enhance digital reach. Now back on the Politics Desk, she covers the National Assembly and the Ministry of National Defense, with a renewed focus on political developments.
Korea Times Managing Director Kim Jae-kyoung promoted to vice president
Kim Jae-kyoung
By Bahk Eun-ji
The Korea Times announced the promotion of Kim Jae-kyoung, who serves as managing director of Content and Business Planning, to vice president on Thursday.
Kim has led content and business coordination since early 2024 and is a board member and director of the Korea News Editors’ Association.
From April 2020, he served as managing editor, overseeing both the print and online editions. He previously worked as finance desk editor and economic desk editor, contributing to business, finance and macroeconomic policy coverage.
From 2015 to 2018, Kim was based in Singapore as the paper’s Asia bureau chief, covering regional economic and diplomatic developments across Southeast Asia.
Kim holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication from Sungkyunkwan University and a master of business administration from the Schulich School of Business at York University in Canada.