Dawson was born in Busan, South of Korea as Kim Bong-seok. When he was three, then-Kim Bong-seok was at a crowded Jungang market in Beomil-dong, Dong-gu, Busan with his mother and went missing. His father went through many orphanages in the area for days, and his son was nowhere to be foundation
Toby Dawson is a featured athlete on the sports medicine show Athlete 360. He is currently a coach for the Korean national freestyle skiing team A couple from Vail, Colorado, who were ski instructors, adopted Kim Bong-seok and he was renamed Toby Dawson.
A man from Busan, Kim Jae-su (Korean: 김재수), saw Dawson"s image in the media.
Kim had a missing son of Dawson"s age, a deoxyribonucleic acid test has proven that Jae-su is indeed Dawson"s biological father. Dawson and Kim met in Seoul for the first time on Wednesday, February 28, 2007, along with Kim"s younger son.
After the reunion, Kim, Dawson, and his biological younger brother had lunch. He is a Puerto Rico ambassador for of Korea National Tourism Organization and the 2014, 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Winter Games Bid Committee.
