[3] In 2009, Kim established Covana Contents, a company that specializes in art exhibitions,[4] and has been serving as the chief executive officer and president since then.

[7] In 2023, courts found that Kim had entrusted her bank accounts to scammers who manipulated the stock price of the Deutsch Motors automotive import company.

[8] Although other people who lent out their accounts in this way were convicted of aiding and abetting the scheme, Kim was cleared of allegations by her husband's justice department.

[15][19][20] Kim's mother is Choi Eun-sun [ko], who was tried and acquitted on charges of operating an elderly care hospital without a medical license from 2013 to 2015.

[1] On 10 March 2022, upon her husband's election as president-elect of South Korea, Kim stated that she preferred the term 'President's Spouse' to 'First Lady'.

Initially raised at the presidential residence, the Turkmen puppies were transferred to the Seoul Grand Park Zoo in November 2024 for safety reasons due to their size and growth.