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Marina Kim

Russian Korean television presenter

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ15975612
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Marina Yevgenevna Kim (Russian: Марина Евгеньевна Ким, born on 11 August 1983) is a Russian television presenter and actress of mixed Russian-Korean origin.

Early life

Kim was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union in southern Saint Petersburg, Russia. Her father, a Korean who grew up in Kabardino-Balkaria, a Russian mother, grew up in the Baltics. In her childhood she was fond of choreography, since 16 years she worked as a model, was shot in music videos.

After graduation, Marina entered the Saint Petersburg State University at the Faculty of International Relations (specialty "regional specialist, specialist in European studies"), where she studied two courses. In Marina moved to Moscow, transferred to the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation to the Faculty of International Relations, received a diploma in North American Studies. Thesis work - "Factors of growth in the US economy during the presidency of Bill Clinton." Practiced at the Committee on International Affairs of the Federation Council and the Institute of the USA and Canada. She graduated from TV presenter courses at the Institute for Advanced Training of Radio and Television Workers. In the fifth year MGIMO began a television career.

In 2004, became the leading program "Markets" on the business channel "RBK TV", where she specialized in the analysis of Asian stock indices.

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The public source identifies “Marina Kim” as russian Korean television presenter. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Marina, Russian and Korean.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1983, 2004—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1983-08-11. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Marina, Russian and Korean providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15975612. VIAF identifies the subject as 10915482. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1983 and 2004.

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This entry incorporates text from Marina Kim” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.