 Nyorai mberi kwechikamu chino - Akadzidza sayenzi yezvematongerwo enyika uye utapi venhau paKonkuk University, Kim akashanda semutori wenhau muUnited States, achinyorera Hankook Ilbo uye JoongAng Ilbo. Akave anoshanda muNational Congress yeNew Politics muna 1996, uye akaramba ari nhengo yebato guru rezvematongerwo enyika pasi pemazita aro akasiyana kusvika muna 2016. Akashanda seGurukota rezvetsika nekushanya kubva muna 2000 kusvika muna 2001, achiita rwendo rwakashambadzirwa zvakanyanya kuNorth Korea musi wa10 Kurume 2001, sezviri pachena kuti akurukure nezvekushanya uye gadziriro dzetsika. Pashure porwendo rwake, Kim akazivisa chibvumirano chokuumba chikwata chakabatana cheNorth-South kuti chikwikwidze mu2001 World Table Tennis Championships., asi North Korea yakaramba chibvumirano ichi gare gare muna March, ichidudza chibvumirano chisina kukwana uye zvinetso zvekugadzirira. 