Like Father, Like Daughter: Journalist’s Legacy Continues as Kim Sehwa Leads Coast Guard PR

Superintendent Kim Sehwa, Daughter of Haenam Newspaper's Founding Publisher
Inspired by Her Father, She Developed a Passion for Writing from Childhood
Dreamed of Becoming a Writer, but Chose the Path of the Coast Guard
Sharing Maritime Police Stories Through Writing in Mokpo and West Sea PR Offices

Kim Sehwa, Superintendent of the West Sea Coast Guard, is taking a photo with her father Kim Changseop, the founding publisher of Haenam Newspaper. Provided by West Sea Regional Maritime Police Agency

A veteran police officer, who has inherited her journalist father's talents, is making headlines for her outstanding work over several years in the public relations department of the Coast Guard.

The officer in question is Kim Sehwa, Superintendent of the West Sea Regional Maritime Police Agency. Superintendent Kim, who joined the force 22 years ago, served as the head of public relations at the Mokpo Maritime Police Station for about three years starting in 2021, and has been working as the head of public relations at the West Sea Coast Guard since February this year.

Her father, Kim Changseop (89), is a respected senior journalist in the region and was the founding publisher of Haenam Newspaper, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. Thirty-five years ago, he was disheartened by the absence of a leading local newspaper in his hometown of Haenam and, determined to faithfully represent the voices of the county's residents, established Haenam Newspaper as a publication owned by the local community.

Influenced by her father, Superintendent Kim says that as a child, she always dreamed of becoming a writer, someone who writes for a living.

Although she majored in navigation at a maritime university and began her career as a merchant ship officer before becoming a maritime police officer, Superintendent Kim never put down her pen.

Working at the forefront of public relations, she communicates the diverse achievements of maritime police officers who serve at sea and on land-such as on patrol vessels and at police substations-to the public through written press releases, leading efforts to enhance the image of the maritime police across various media outlets.

In particular, she is recognized internally as a public relations veteran, leveraging the meticulousness often associated with women to excel in promoting the maritime police and fulfilling the public’s right to know.

Superintendent Kim stated, "Just as my father conveyed the voices of the community and residents through the newspaper, I approach my public relations work with a sense of mission to faithfully represent the dedication of the maritime police to the people," adding, "I will continue to do my utmost in every duty entrusted to me as a police officer."

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