Jean H. Lee
Jean H. Lee | |
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 Lee in 2023 | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Columbia University (BA, MS) |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, podcast host |
| Known for | Pyongyang bureau chief of the Associated Press |
Jean H. Lee is an American journalist. She previously served as the Associated Press's Pyongyang bureau chief and was the director of the Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy at the Wilson Center.
Biography
[edit]Lee is a native of Minneapolis.[1] She received her B.A. in East Asian studies and English literature from Columbia University in 1992 and her M.S. from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1995.[2]
She first worked for The Korea Herald in Seoul, and then joined the Associated Press (AP) and was assigned to bureaus in Baltimore; Fresno, California.; San Francisco; New York; London; Seoul, where she was AP's South Korean bureau chief.[3]
In 2011, she was the first American reporter granted extensive access to North Korea.[4] In 2012, she opened AP's Pyongyang bureau, making it the first American media outlet with a full-time presence in the country, and served as bureau chief until 2013.[2]
In 2015, she joined the Wilson Center as a public policy fellow.[1] 2018, she was named director of the Wilson Center's Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy, a position she stepped from in 2021. She remains a senior fellow at the Wilson Center.[5]
She is currently the co-host of the BBC podcast, "The Lazarus Heist," which is about a high-profile cybercrime that investigators have linked to North Korea.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Jean H. Lee Joins the Wilson Center's NKIDP as a Public Policy Fellow". Wilson Center. January 16, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
- ^ a b "A Journalist's Unmatched Access". Columbia College Today. 2021-09-13. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
- ^ "Q&A with Jean H. Lee, former Pyongyang bureau chief for the AP". Asia Media Centre | New Zealand. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
- ^ "Shocking reality of living in North Korea". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
- ^ "Award-Winning Reporter Jean Lee to Lead Wilson Center's Korea Studies". the Wilson Center. April 6, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
- ^ "The Lazarus heist: How North Korea almost pulled off a billion-dollar hack". BBC News. 2021-06-20. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
- ^ "The Lawfare Podcast: 'The Lazarus Heist' with Jean Lee and Geoff White". Lawfare. 2021-12-28. Retrieved 2022-03-09.