Chung Ju-yung
After publishing an unauthorized biography of Chung Ju-yung, founder of the Hyundai empire, Kirk returned to Korea as correspondent for the "International Herald Tribune", 1997–2003, and for the Christian Science Monitor and CBS Radio, since 2004. He has been covering the sinking of the South Korean navy ship "Cheonan", the North Korean nuclear issue, anti-American protests, U.S.-Korea trade disputes and Korean politics, has visited North Korea eight times and reported for CBS from Baghdad in 2004.