In that same year, Kim was selected for the South Korea national baseball team, and competed in the 1995 Summer Universiade and Intercontinental Cup, manning right field and shortstop.

He also won the Most Valuable Player award with four home runs and a .625 batting average in the national championship.

In part due to the offensive void caused by Kim's absence, South Korea had one of the worst international results, ranked the lowest among the eight teams with a 1–6 record.

In the round-robin tournament, Kim smacked two home runs off Koji Uehara in the 3–2 loss to Japan.

In the final game, Kim hit two home runs off Koji Uehara again to lead South Korea to a 9–8 victory over Japan and win the Asian Championship.

In November, Kim competed for the South Korea national baseball team in the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.

In November, Kim was selected for the South Korean national team again that won the gold medal at the 1999 Asian Baseball Championship in Seoul, South Korea, and helped the team to clinch an Olympic quota slot for 2000, hitting .273 with 2 runs batted in.

In 2005, Kim batted .300-plus again (.301), but posted only 10 home runs and 81 hits, missing over 30 games due to an injury early in the season.

However, he injured his left shoulder while diving into first on an infield single in the top of the 6th inning in Team Korea's first WBC game against Chinese Taipei and thus missed the rest of the tournament.

Kim won his third Golden Glove Award at third base, edging out Choi Jeong by 22 votes.