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WSJ seeks Korea bureau chief

The Korea bureau chief is responsible for all coverage from the two Koreas, including the nuclear advance of North Korea and major corporate stories from South Korea, most notably on Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor.

The bureau has a small team of reporters filing for all platforms, often at anti-social hours, since that’s when North Korea likes to test missiles. The South Korean economy, a bellwether of international trade, is also an important part of the news file.

The role presents a unique challenge since WSJ staff are not routinely able to report from North Korea. The bureau chief needs to have strong news judgement to discern significant developments from the North and an entrepreneurial spirit to set our coverage apart from the competition.

Dow Jones offers an opportunity to work for one of the world’s leading financial and business news companies.

We invite interested candidates to submit a cover letter and detailed resume (including up to five published samples of your work), current and expected salary.

To apply, go here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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