Jonathan Cheng is the China bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal and was previously the Korea bureau chief, overseeing coverage of the Korean Peninsula, including politics and society in both North and South Korea. His new book, “Korean Messiah: Kim Il Sung and the Christian Roots of North Korea's Personality Cult,” traces the history of North Korea, intertwining politics and faith.
Liu Institute Faculty Fellow Sharon Yoon, associate professor of Korean Studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs and leader of the institute’s Korea Working Group, will moderate the discussion.
Sponsored by the Liu Institute for Asia and Asia at the Keough School for Global Affairs, the event is free and open to the public.
Biography courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.