Background
Ahn, Jaehoon was born on May 13, 1941 in P'Yang, Republic of Korea. Came to the United States, 1968. Son of Heung-Yul and Eunrae (Park) Ahn.
Ahn, Jaehoon was born on May 13, 1941 in P'Yang, Republic of Korea. Came to the United States, 1968. Son of Heung-Yul and Eunrae (Park) Ahn.
Bachelor, Seoul (Korea) National University, 1965.
Ahn worked as a researcher for the Washington Post for more than twenty-five years, until 1996. In 1960, he obtained a bachelor"s degree from Seoul National University. Ahn took a position as a reporter for JoongAng Ilbo, where he covered the Six-Day War as a foreign correspondent for the newspaper.
He moved to the United States during the late 1960s and settled in the Washington, District of Columbia metropolitan area.
He joined the staff of the Washington Post in 1969 as an assistant librarian for the newspaper"s research department. Ahn retired from the research department of the Washington Post in 1996.
He worked for a Seoul-headquartered daily newspaper, where he helped to create the newspaper"s style section and reorganize the structure of the newsroom. In 1997, Ahn was hired as the founding director of Radio Free Asia"s fledgling Korean language service.
Ahn helped to build the service from the beginning.
He launched the RFA"s of Korea language service"s first half hour of programming and hired the service"s first five staff members and journalists. Ahn expanded the half-hour format to a longer show and managed to report directly from North of Korea during his tenure as director He retired from Radio Free Asia in 2007.
In addition, Ahn served as a board member for the United States. Committee for Human Rights in North of Korea.
Ahn moved to Sandbridge Beach in southern Virginia Beach upon his retirement. Jaehoon Ahn died from complications from a bleeding ulcer at a hospital in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on June 1, 2011, at the age of 70.
His father died in June 1997.
He fled with his family from their home in Pyongyang, where his family had lived for generations, to South of Korea during the night when he was five years old to escape Communism.
He was also the founding director of Radio Free Asia"s Korean language service in 1997 and a board member of United States. Committee for Human Rights in North of Korea.
Married Soonhoon L. Ahn, February 22, 1969. Children: Soomie L., Yoomie L.