In 2011, Jean Lee became the first American reporter granted permission to work as a journalist in North Korea, and a year later opened AP's Pyongyang bureau, making the news agency the first and only U.S. news outlet with an office in the North Korean capital. Lee, who now serves as a Public Policy Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., shares photos and videos of homes, factories, schools and farms typically off-limits to foreigners, and offers her personal insights on daily life in North Korea. The award-winning journalist discusses the challenges of reporting on a country considered among the world's worst for press freedom, the role her Korean-American ethnicity played in her interactions with the North Koreans, and her observations on reunification after working as a journalist on both sides of the DMZ.

Opening Pyongyang
Korea and Media Perceptions

with

Jean H. Lee, former AP North Korea Bureau Chief

In conversation with Nikita Desai, Director of Policy & Corporate programs

Thursday, May 14, 2015 | 6 PM

$10 Members | $20 Guests

~Explorer/YPN and above attend this program for FREE with Registration~

If you have any questions, please contact Nikita Desai or (212) 759-7525, ext. 355.

Of Interest:

Jean H. Lee Joins the Wilson Center's NKIDP as a Public Policy Fellow