The Korea Times announced the promotion of Kim Jae-kyoung, who served 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.