[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 84 (Monday, May 19, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H2137-H2138]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1910
                           HONORING K.W. LEE

  (Mr. MIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and legacy of a 
true trailblazer, a man that many see as the godfather of Asian-
American journalism, K.W. Lee.
  Mr. Lee immigrated to the United States from Korea in the 1950s. He 
began his career in journalism by exposing poverty and corruption. In 
the 1970s, Mr. Lee's tireless pursuit of the truth saved the life of 
Chol Soo Lee, a wrongly convicted Korean-American immigrant on death 
row.
  Later on, Mr. Lee founded Koreatown Weekly, the first national 
English language Korean-American newspaper.

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  As tensions were rising in Los Angeles in the 1990s, he launched The 
Korea Times English Edition to give Korean Americans a place where 
their stories could be told on their own terms in the media.
  K.W. Lee's life is defined by his tireless pursuit of the truth and 
paving the way for Asian Americans to have a place in journalism and 
have their voices be heard. After 96 years of fearless journalism, he 
will be deeply missed.

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