[This Person] Kim Kwang-hoon, Former Media Team Leader and 'Signboard Promoter' of Dongdaemun-gu, Promoted to Public Relations Policy Advisor

With 20 Years of Experience as a Local and Metropolitan Newspaper Reporter, Assistant Kim Joined Dongdaemun District Office in 2010 as Public Relations Officer under Mayor U Deok-yeol in the 5th Local Election, Earning the Title of Level 5 Public Relations Policy Advisor After 11 Years

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Kim Kwang-hoon, former head of the media team who has been in charge of public relations for Dongdaemun-gu for over 10 years since the 5th local government term in 2010, is expected to play a significant role as he takes on the title of a Grade 5-level Public Relations Policy Advisor.

After graduating from university, Advisor Kim started his career at a local newspaper in Dongdaemun-gu and worked as a journalist in metropolitan newspapers. Before the 5th local government election, he met Mayor Yoo Deok-yeol and began handling promotional work for Yoo’s campaign, eventually taking charge of the district office’s public relations.

Advisor Kim stated, “Based on over 20 years of media experience and more than 10 years of public relations work, I will realize creative district administration publicity and devote myself wholeheartedly with the determination to achieve the district’s goal of ‘A Happy Dongdaemun-gu for People’ and contribute to the development of the local community.”

Born in August 1964 in Gochang, Jeonbuk Province, Advisor Kim graduated from Dongam High School in Jeonju and majored in Social Welfare at Wonkwang University (Level 2 Social Worker). He also earned a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the Graduate School of Urban Science at the University of Seoul.

Notably, Advisor Kim revived his dream of literature by winning the International Literary Newcomer Award in October 2015, debuting as a poet. He has been active in writing through the quarterly magazine Siwa Changjak (Poetry and Creation) and is preparing to publish his first poetry collection titled Song of the Wind.

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