Kyung Lah
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Kyung Lah | |
|---|---|
나경 | |
| Born | August 27, 1971 |
| Education | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | CNN |
| Website | www.CNN.com |
| Kyung Lah | |
| Hangul | 나경 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 羅經 |
| RR | Na Gyeong |
| MR | Na Kyŏng |
Kyung I. Lah (Korean: 나경, Korean pronunciation: [na ɡjʌŋ]; born August 27, 1971)[citation needed] is a South Korean journalist and correspondent for CNN based in the United States.[1]
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.[3] They were both married at the time and Lah's husband also worked for NBC in the Los Angeles area.
In late 2005, Lah joined CNN Newsource as a Washington, D.C.-based correspondent.[4]
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.[5]
Lah has written extensively about Japanese subculture, specializing in men who have married animated characters.[6][7] As a result, she was criticized by some in the Japanese blogosphere.[8]
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]
