Speaker
HA Taewon
Affliation
Channel A
Title
Editor of Investigative Report
Session

Biography

Mr. HA Taewon is the General Manager of the Investigative Report Team at Channel A (Seoul-based broadcasting Company). Previously, Mr. Ha was a General Manager at the Political Desk and the International Desk. He was a news host for ‘News Station’ and Evening News as well. Before he moved to Channel A as a broadcasting reporter, he spent most of his career as a print journalist at The Dong-A Ilbo (Daily Newspaper). As the paper's Washington Correspondent (2008~2011), he covered the US presidential elections and the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. He had also been embedded in Afghanistan, reporting on the South Korean reconstruction mission, and North Korea, where he was a press representative reporting on ministerial talks and family reunions. He also worked as an Editorial Writer for nearly 3 years. Mr. Ha received a B.A. in political science from Yonsei University, a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) from Tufts University, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Political Science at Kyungnam University.