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Kim Young-ha

South Korean writer (born 1968)

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Young-ha Kim (c. November 11, 1968) is a modern South Korean writer.[1]

Life

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Kim was born in Hwacheon on November 11, 1968.

He moved from place to place as a child, since his father was in the military. As a child, he suffered from gas poisoning from coal gas and lost memory before ten.[2] He was educated at Yonsei University in Seoul, earning undergraduate as well as graduate degrees in Business Administration from Yonsei University, but he didn't show much interest in it.

Young-ha Kim (Author of Diary Of A Murderer)

Instead he focused on writing stories. Kim, after graduating from Yonsei University in 1993, began his military service as an assistant detective at the military police 51st Infantry Division near Suwon. His career as a professional writer started in 1995 right after discharge when his short-story A Meditation On Mirror (Geoure daehan myeongsang) appeared in Review, and the following