New Correspondent in Australia

Since she joined The New York Times in March 2022 as a pioneering Live correspondent in the Seoul breaking news hub, Victoria Kim's byline - on hundreds of pieces - has become a signpost of our ambitions for globe-spanning coverage and of how elegantly it can be done.

She's dived deep into the flow of Ukraine and Gaza war coverage, the assassination of Shinzo Abe, the Baltimore bridge collapse and the Halloween crowd crush in Seoul. She scrambled to Sydney to cover a shocking stabbing rampage there this year, and followed with a powerful examination of misogyny and violence against women. She is the author of the latest, indispensable edition of the 36 Hours guide to Seoul. And she has written graceful and revealing feature stories, including a look at the unique trauma of displaced Ukrainians with dementia, and an unforgettable dispatch on the elderly subway riders in Seoul for whom free fares have fueled searches for meaning and joy in retirement.

Now, we're excited to announce that Victoria is taking on a new assignment, moving to Sydney to be the next Australia correspondent for The New York Times.

"In a very short time, Victoria Kim established herself as an exemplary correspondent on the Live team in Seoul. Time and again, she has swiftly and elegantly guided readers through some of the biggest breaking news stories of the past few years," said Julie Bloom, the Live editor. "She has also shown a rare versatility, able to write engaging features as well as deep enterprise. We are thrilled to watch her embark on this next chapter of her career at The Times."

Victoria was already an accomplished correspondent when she came to The Times, after a distinguished run for The Los Angeles Times covering South and North Korea from Seoul, her home city. Before that, she was a metro and investigative reporter and a features writer based in Southern California. She studied history at Harvard, and got her start in journalism reporting out of the Associated Press offices in Seoul and Dakar, Senegal.

She'll be tackling one of the more intriguing and unique regions The Times covers, spanning Australia, New Zealand and many of the Pacific islands. It's the perfect beat for Victoria's keen eye, empathetic ear and transporting writing - and for her sense of fun, too. We're sure of this already, tipped off by her devotion to her rapidly growing hot-sauces-of-the-world collection, and her proven ability to see the beauty in a bin chicken.

Please join us in congratulating Victoria. We can't wait to read about her new finds.

-Phil Pan, Doug Schorzman & Vivek Shankar