Kyung Lah Bio
Kyung Lah is a South Korean journalist. Currently she is serving as the a National Correspondent for CNN based in Los Angeles in the United States. Lah joined CNN Newsource as a Washington, D.C.-based correspondent in late 2005. In November 2007, Lah became CNN’s Tokyo-based correspondent. A Japanese interpreter always accompanied her. On June 27, 2012, Lah left her post in Japan for a position at the CNN bureau in Los Angeles.
Lah began her career in 1993 as a desk assistant and field producer at WBBM-TV in Chicago. She became an on-air reporter for WWMT-TV in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1994. Lah joined KGTV-TV in San Diego as a reporter in 1995. In January 2000, she returned to WBBM-TV as an on-air reporter.
Moreover, in early 2003, Lah moved to Los Angeles to take a job at KNBC-TV in Los Angeles, where she was a morning reporter and a midday anchor. The Chicago Sun-Times reported at the time that Lah had turned down a “half-hearted (contract) renewal offer” from WBBM-TV.
Despite receiving high praise from management, Lah was allegedly fired from KNBC-TV in Los Angeles in March 2005 for an alleged affair with her field producer Jeff Soto. They were both married at the time and Lah’s husband also worked for NBC in the Los Angeles area.
Kyung Lah Age
Lah is 52 years old as of 2023. She was born on August 27, 1971 in Seoul, South Korea. In addition, Lah celebrates her birthday on 27 August every year and her zodiac sign is Virgo.
Kyung Lah Height
Lah stands tall at an average height of 5 feet 5 inches and has a moderate weight. However, she has an attractive complexion with black eyes and blonde hair.
Kyung Lah Family
Lah was born in Seoul, South Korea, and grew up in Streamwood, Illinois. However, she has not revealed any information about her family and if she has any siblings. . Thus, the identity of her father and mother still remains unknown.
Moreover, Lah attended Hoffman Estates High School in Hoffman Estates, Illinois and graduated in 1989. She then went on and earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1993. Additionally, she was a writer for the school’s Daily Illini newspaper.
Kyung Lah Husband
Lah is happily married to her husband Curtis Vogel television and vice president at Edendale Strategies in Los Angeles, California. Curtis worked as an executive producer of morning and midday newscasts at NBC’s WMAQ-TV and later moved to L.A, where he did freelance producing for NBC.. They met when Jeff was also working for NBC in the Los Angeles area.
Moreover, Lah and Jeff have two children together with their first child a daughter born in 2011. Her children are biracial as her husband is White rural Southern. She once tweeted a part of her daughters letter under the theme of “What I like about myself.” In the letter she wrote that she liked her eyes as they look like her Umma’s(meaning mom). Lah said the line caught her by surprise as it showed her daughter is un afraid and proud to look Asian.
Kyung Lah Salary
Lah has earns an annual salary ranging between $100,000 – $200,5000 from her current position as a National Correspondent for CNN based in Los Angeles in the United States.
Kyung Lah Net worth
Lah has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million – $5 Million as of 2023. Her main source of income is her successful career as a journalist.