Lia Kim studied German as a foreign language (DaF) at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. She was an exchange Student at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (2007) and Translations-, Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft in Germersheim, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (2009). She earned her M.A. in Interpretation and Translation (German-Korean) at Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. As she studied German language, she became interested in German reunification. So, she studied Society, Culture and Media Studies at University of North Korean Studies and earned her doctorate in 2023 (Ph. D. in North Korean Studies). Having acquired practical skills at Korea Communications Standards Organization (KCSC) for 11 years, based on this experience, she wants to continue research on the division, reunification, and post-reunification of South Korea and Germany in the media.

2006.3.-2010.8.: Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Bachelor of Literature)

• Major : German as a foreign language (DaF)
• Sub Major: Public Administration

2007.10.-2008.3.: Exchange Student in Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

2009.10.-2010.3.: Exchange Student in Translations-, Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft in Germersheim, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

2011.3.-2012.7., 2016.9-2017.2: Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation (M.A. in Interpretation and Translation)

• Major : International Conference Interpretation (Korean-German)

2012.7.-2013.6.: Korea Tourism Organization (Seoul), Assistant Manager

2013.6.-2023.10.: Korea Communications Standards Commission (Seoul)

2014.10.-2016.2: National Institute for Lifelong Education (Bachelor of Literature)

• Major : Korean as a foreign language

2018.12.-2019.3.: Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz (Berlin), Expatriate

2018.3.-2023.2: University of North Korean Studies (Ph. D. in North Korean Studies)

• Major : Society, Culture and Media Studies

In her dissertation “How German Public TV Broadcasters Remember Unification: Focusing on ARD’s Tagesschau News and ZDF-History”, she examined how German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF remember unification by period, identified how Germany today remembers division and unification and the direction of how the future generations remember Germany's modern history, in terms of preparing for the reunification of the Korean Peninsula.

• Media in South and North Korea

• Media in Germany

• German reunification and Preparation for unification of the Korean Peninsula