Kim Hee-kyung

This article is about South Korean activist. For South Korean composer, see Hi Kyung Kim.
Kim Hee-kyung
김희경
Vice Minister of Gender Equality and Family
In office
8 February 2019 – 8 September 2020
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Prime MinisterLee Nak-yeon
Chung Sye-kyun
MinisterJin Sun-mee
Lee Jung-ok
Preceded byLee Sook-jin
Succeeded byKim Kyung-seon
Personal details
Born1967
Alma materSeoul National University
Loyola Marymount University
In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Hee-kyung (Korean: 김희경; Hanja: 金熹暻; born 1967) is a former South Korean journalist and humanitarian served as President Moon Jae-in's second Vice Minister of Gender Equality and Family from 2019 to 2020.

For almost two decades from 1991 to 2009, Kim worked as a journalist for Donga Ilbo. Lee then worked in NGOs and civil societies - as a director of advocacy and a head of advocacy and programme at Save the Children Korea from 2010 to 2016, a director at the Ministry-funded Migrant Youth Foundation from 2015 to 2017 and a director at Korean Human Rights Policy Institute in 2017.[1]

Lee first entered public service in 2018 when she was first appointed as President Moon's second Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism - its third highest position. In 2019 she was reshuffled to deputy head of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.[2]

Furthermore, Kim translated Sal Khan's book in Korean and wrote several books. She is best known to the public through her book Weird Normal Family[3] (Korean: 이상한 정상가족) criticising the current norm of nuclear family for its direct and indirect violence on children.[4]

Kim holds two degrees: a bachelor in Anthropology from Seoul National University and a MBA from Loyola Marymount University.[5]

  1. ^ "Vice Minister of Gender Equality and Family Profile in English".
  2. ^ "문 대통령, 김희경 여가부 차관 임명". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  3. ^ 김희경 [Kim Hee-Kyung] (2017). 이상한 정상가족 [Isang han chŏngsang kajok] (1st ed.). Seoul: 동아시아출판사 [East Asia Publishing Co.] ISBN 978-89-6262-209-6. OCLC 1025338222.
  4. ^ 강종훈 [Gang Jong-hun] (2019-02-07). "김희경 여가부 차관…언론인·NGO 출신 아동인권전문가" (in Korean). Yonhap. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  5. ^ "[프로필] 김희경 여성가족부 차관". NewsPim (in Korean). 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2020-07-07.