Kim Isak
German-American-South Korean singer and actress
Ida Dene Simmons (born May 25, 1985) better known as Kim Isak, is a German-born American singer and actress based in South Korea. She was a member of South Korean K-pop duo Isak N Jiyeon from 2002 to 2004. She left SM Entertainment in 2012. She has been a VJ for Pops in Seoul on Arirang TV and is now a DJ for "Kpoppin" on Arirang Radio.
Early life
Kim Isak was born Ida Dene Simmons on May 25, 1985, in Frankfurt, Germany. She left Germany and moved to Kansas with her mother. She left Kansas when she was 4+1⁄2 years old to move to California and lived there until 1999. She emigrated to Korea later to learn about heritage and explore her music career in Korean pop music. Isak lived in a mostly white community with her mother.
Upon arrival in Korea, she attended the Korea Kent Foreign School, where her classmates and friends included Jessica Jung and Tiffany Young, the two future Korean American founding members of Girls' Generation.
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