Politics & nobility (pro-Japanese collaborator)
| Life | 1895 ~ 1975 |
| Era | 근현대 |
| Clan | 안동 김씨 |
Gim Gyeong-jin was born in Jinyeong, Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province. He worked his way up from township clerk to head of Gimhae township for five years from 1923, and later served as a member of the South Gyeongsang provincial council and vice-chairman of the provincial assembly, becoming a local notable.
After the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 he represented South Gyeongsang Province at nationwide wartime lecture tours urging support for the war effort. He helped found the Joseon Bogukhoe in 1938, was appointed a councilor of the Government-General's Central Council in 1940, and served as a director of the Joseon Imjeon Bogukdan and the Korea League for the Total Mobilization of National Spirit in 1941. For these wartime collaboration activities he is listed as a collaborator in the government's official findings and in the Dictionary of Pro-Japanese Collaborators.