Korea Times names Kim as new managing editor

Kim Jae-kyoung

The Korea Times appointed Kim Jae-kyoung, 48, as its new managing editor, Wednesday.

Kim joined the newspaper in 2000 and has worked as editor of the finance desk since 2018. He was Asia Bureau Chief and Singapore correspondent from 2015 to 2018 covering the entire ASEAN region before becoming finance editor.

He received a bachelor's degree at Sungkyunkwan University with a major in journalism and earned an MBA at the Schulich School of Business of York University in Canada.

Regarding his role in the new post, Kim said that he would put a priority on turning the daily into the nation's most digitized English newspaper and best English content creator. He also aims to expand partnerships with overseas media.

Former managing editor Shim Jae-yun has been named editorial writer.