Background
Geum was born in Jiutai, Changchun in northeastern China"s Jilin province.
Geum was born in Jiutai, Changchun in northeastern China"s Jilin province.
She graduated from the Yanji College of Education and finished Thirteenth Advanced and Middle-Aged Writers class at the Lu Xun Literary Institute in Beijing.
She is ethnically Korean (Joseonjok), and she grew speaking both Korean and Chinese.