K.W. Lee was known as the “godfather of Asian American journalism.” He collected accolades for his work and became a vocal ...

Draconian measures undertaken by North Korea to curb the spread of Covid ... person walking in a field in the countryside outside Kaesong (AFP via Getty Images) Kim Il Hyuk, a rice trader from ...

Over six years and more than 100 articles at the Union, K.W. Lee chipped away at the weak evidence and shoddy defense that ...

Two North Korean nationals who were found adrift on a wooden boat in the West Sea earlier this month are currently under ...

His reporting sought to humanize and unite Asian Americans. It also led to the release of a Korean immigrant on death row.

“Everyone has a story.” Born Kyung Won Lee on June 1, 1928, in Kaesong, in what is now North Korea, he emigrated to the United States in 1950. He studied journalism at West Virginia University ...

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Lee was born on June 1, 1928, in Kaesong, present-day North Korea, the youngest of seven children. His given name was Kyung Won Lee. He grew up believing his father was a poor street peddler.

South Korean Choco Pies provided as a snack at the Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea, which had served as a symbol of economic cooperation between the two Koreas, were popular among North ...