Lee Ha-Kyung

Editor in Chief & Executive Director
The JoongAng Ilbo, Seoul, Korea

Personal Background

• 4th May 1958

Career

1975~1990

Reporter, The JoongAng Ilbo

1993~1999

Political Editor & Senior Editorial Writer, The JoongAng Ilbo

2013.12~2016

Chief Editor, Editorial Pages, The JoongAng Ilbo

2015.12~

Executive Director, The JoongAng Ilbo

2016.12~

Editor in Chief, The JoongAng Ilbo

2017.02~

President, Korea News Editors’ Association

Educational Background

1984

BA, Department of Economics, Korea University

Award

2013

Grand Prize, Editorial Writing, The 9th True Journalism Awards Journalists Federation of Korea
Feature Writing Award, The 34th Korea Journalists Awards Journalists Association of Korea

2017

Samsung journalism Award, Samsung Press Foundation

Publications

1998

Claiming Rights 120% After Retirement

2003

President Roh Moo-hyun’s Dilemma and Choice (Co-editor)