I agree strongly that no story is more valuable than someone's life.

- Hark-Joon Lee

I think I was able to endure risks not because I was ambitious about great stories but I was curious as a journalist.

- Hark-Joon Lee

It is natural for us to pay attention to North Korea and human rights issues of North Korean defectors but I wish people would not try to create star…

- Hark-Joon Lee

One colleague who's been in the industry longer than I had been gave me a valuable piece of advice. "Stay close to the facts and observe things fully…

- Hark-Joon Lee

People don't tend to lie about themselves when they're in imminent danger.

- Hark-Joon Lee