Joo Seong-ha

This is a Korean name; the family name is Joo.
Joo Seong-ha
Hangul 주성하
Revised Romanization Ju Seong-ha
McCune–Reischauer Chu Sŏng-ha

Joo Seong-ha (Hangul: 주성하) is a journalist from North Korea who defected to South Korea in 2002. Currently he is working as a reporter in the international department of the newspaper Donga Ilbo.

Biography

Joo was born in North Korea, where he graduated from Kim Il-sung University and worked as a professor. Prior to his escape, he was arrested and spent time in a concentration camp before finally escaping from the North in 1998. After naturalization as a South Korean citizen in 2002, he began work in the international department of the Donga Ilbo at the end of 2003. In March 2009, he was confirmed as a specialist reporter on North Korean affairs and has composed articles relating the North on top of regular international affairs coverage.

Outside of Donga, Joo operates a blog called North Korea Real Talk, one of the most widely read online information channels about North Korea that since its inception has attracted 28 million page views as of October 3, 2011. Furthermore, despite North Korea's repeated murder threats for whom the country deems a treacherous traitor, Joo continues to broadcast across the border to North Koreans information from the outside world every week via Radio Free Asia.

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