Choe Sang-Hun,

Choe Sang-Hun is the Seoul bureau chief for The New York Times, reporting on South and North Korea and their relations with other nations. The author's stories attempt to explain the politics, diplomacy, and social, economic, and cultural issues of South Korea. They also spend considerable time pursuing stories about North Korea, including politics and life inside the isolated country as well as its weapons programs and geopolitical tensions with its neighbors and the United States. Choe Sang-Hun is a native of South Korea, a veteran of its army, and has spent their entire professional career in South Korea except for a fellowship at Stanford University. The author has covered seven presidents of South Korea since 1991 and has reported on military tensions and political reconciliation with North Korea as well as international diplomacy surrounding North Korea's nuclear weapons development. Choe Sang-Hun is the co-author of two books on Korea and co-editor of another two. The author has won several journalism awards for their reports on Korea and Myanmar, including a Pulitzer Prize in 2000.

Biography:  https://www.nytimes.com/by/choe-sang-hun

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The Daily's Verdict

This author is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

Bias

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  • The author appears to have no significant biases.

Conflicts of Interest

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  • The author is a Seoul bureau chief for The New York Times, which may have financial interests tied to reporting on South and North Korea.

Contradictions

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  • North Korea has provided munitions to Russia in support of its war in Ukraine, and this pact is one of the rewards for those supplies.
  • Putin may develop military-technical cooperation with North Korea according to the new agreement.

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