section_path: Early life and education
section_name: Early life and education
paragraph_text: Early life and education
  
  Kim was born on August 27, 1951, in Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, as the sixth child of four sons and three daughters. After graduating from Yeongcheon Elementary School in North Gyeongsang Province, he moved to Daegu without his family, where he attended Gyeongbuk Middle School and Gyeongbuk High School.
  
  In 1970, Kim entered the Department of Business Administration at Seoul National University but was expelled in 1974 due to his involvement in the National Democratic Youth and Students Union case. In the same year, he was shocked to hear the news that Jeon Tae-il, a factory worker, had committed suicide by self-immolation at Dongdaemun Market. After that, he worked as a disguised worker at Guro Industrial Complex in Guro District, Seoul with Kim Geun-tae. He later graduated from Seoul National University in 1994, 25 years after his initial acceptance.