Kyung Lah
Kyung Lah | |
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나경 | |
Born | Seoul, South Korea | August 27, 1971
Nationality | American, South Korean[1] |
Education | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Occupation | Journalist |
Employer | CNN |
Website | www.CNN.com |
Kyung Lah | |
Hangul | 나경 |
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Hanja | 羅經 |
Revised Romanization | Na Gyeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Na Kyŏng |
Kyung I. Lah (Korean: 나경, Korean pronunciation: [na ɡjʌŋ]; born August 27, 1971)[citation needed] is a Korean-American journalist and correspondent for CNN.[1]
Early life and education[]
Lah was born in Seoul, South Korea, and grew up in Streamwood, Illinois, Lah graduated in 1989 from Hoffman Estates High School in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. She earned a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1993.[2] She was also a writer for the school's Daily Illini newspaper.
Career[]
Lah began her career in 1993 as a desk assistant and field producer at WBBM-TV in Chicago. In 1994, she became an on-air reporter for WWMT-TV in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 1995, she joined KGTV-TV in San Diego as a reporter.[2]
In January 2000, she returned to WBBM-TV as an on-air reporter.
In early 2003, Lah moved to Los Angeles to take a job at KNBC-TV in Los Angeles, where she was a morning reporter and a midday anchor.[2] The Chicago Sun-Times reported at the time that Lah had turned down a "half-hearted (contract) renewal offer" from WBBM-TV.
Despite receiving high praise from management, Lah was allegedly fired from KNBC-TV in Los Angeles in March 2005 for an alleged affair with her field producer Jeff Soto.[3] They were both married at the time and Lah's husband also worked for NBC in the Los Angeles area.[4]
In late 2005, Lah joined CNN Newsource as a Washington, D.C.-based correspondent.[5]
In November 2007, Lah became CNN's Tokyo-based correspondent.[2] A Japanese interpreter always accompanied her. On June 27, 2012, Lah left her post in Japan for a position at the CNN bureau in Los Angeles.[6]
Controversy[]
Lah has written extensively about Japanese subculture, specializing in men who have married animated characters and video games that simulate rape.[7][8] As a result, she has been criticized by the Japanese blogosphere for focusing on the irregular outliers of Japan, rather than the hard-hitting news that was expected from her as a reporter for an international broadcasting company.[9]
Personal life[]
Lah has declared that she holds a very strong South Korean identity. In a 2006 interview with Dynamic-Korea, she revealed that she "[thinks] about the larger question of being Korean every single moment."[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Dynamic Korea (July 5, 2006). "Korean American Lah Shines on CNN". Dynamic Korea. Dynamic Korea, Inc. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
I am ethnically Korean. I was born in Korea, in Seoul, and immigrated here at the age of seven with my family.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "CNN TV - Anchors/Reporters:Kyung Lah". Retrieved May 7, 2010.
- ^ http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2005/03/knbc_staffers_f.php
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2014-03-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1136148,00.html
- ^ https://twitter.com/KyungLahCNN
- ^ "Domain games Internet leaves the U.S. nest". CNN. October 16, 1998.
- ^ "Do men really want to get married?". CNN. July 8, 2009.
- ^ Lah, Kyung (June 27, 2012). "CNN's Kyung Lah Leaving Japan". Archived from the original on 2014-04-17.
External links[]
- 1971 births
- CNN people
- Living people
- American reporters and correspondents
- American women television journalists
- People from Streamwood, Illinois
- People from Seoul
- South Korean emigrants to the United States
- South Korean expatriates in Japan
- South Korean women journalists
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign College of Media alumni
- Journalists from Illinois
- Hoffman Estates High School alumni