Kyung Lah

Kyung Lah is CNN’s Tokyo-based international correspondent. In this role she is responsible for covering Japan and other regional assignments.

Since her appointment in Tokyo in November 2007, Lah has covered numerous stories including the G8 Summit in Hokkaido, an exclusive interview with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the US Marine rape case in Okinawa and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s subsequent visit with Japan’s Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda.

In May 2008 when a huge earthquake shook China's Sichuan Province, Lah flew to the epicenter . She reported breaking news, the visits of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and China Premier Wen Jiabao, as well as remarkable stories of struggle and survival.

Lah previously served as a national correspondent for CNN Newsource based out of Washington, D.C. Lah reported on live breaking news events from the nation's capital for approximately 800 CNN Newsource partner stations. Some of the stories she covered included the ‘Jena 6’ racial demonstrations and the Virginia Tech and Amish school shootings.

Lah joined CNN Newsource from KNBC-Los Angeles, where she served as a morning news reporter for Today in L.A. and as a midday anchor. During her time at KNBC, Lah covered such stories as the California wildfires and the Kobe Bryant and Michael Jackson trials. Prior to that, Lah was a reporter in Chicago at the CBS affiliate, WBBM.

Lah also worked as a general assignment and long-form investigative reporter at ABC affiliate KGTV in San Diego, where she won a regional Emmy for specialty reporting. Her first reporting position was at CBS affiliate, WWMT in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Lah graduated with honors from the University of Illinois with a bachelor's degree in journalism.