[1] He graduated from Salesian High School in 1982, and entered Seoul National University the same year, majoring in physics and also studying history and political economy.
However, he dropped out in 1989 to begin working as a journalist, at first focusing on computers.
Kim is one of the last survivors of the "Gwangju Democratization Movement's Peoples Army".
[citation needed] Kim is identified in the media as pro-Japanese due to his political positions and alleged glamorization of Japanese colonial rule in Korea, and has been accused of character defamation against various historical Korean nationalists.
In 2004, a Seoul prosecutor indicted him for comments he made about Kim Gu.