He made his literary debut in 2012 when his short story “Naegiui Mokjeok” (내기의 목적 The Goal of a Bet) won the Korea Times New Writer’s Contest.
He studied mechanical engineering at Korea University and works at the human resources department of a large South Korean company in heavy industries.
He rarely specifies narrative details like time, place, and the nationality or gender of characters, focusing instead on the act of storytelling itself.
[4] Kim’s second work Mangsang, eo (망상, 어 Language of Delusion) is a thin volume consisting of 36 flash fiction stories.
They are “unbelievable stories around the world” that he collected from newspapers or TV news, his workplace, and years of living abroad.