Senior journalist, media personality and managing editor of South Korea’s popular news portal The Seoul Times Joseph Joh shall be arriving in Bangladesh on July 9 on a 4-day visit.

Joseph Joh began his journalistic career in 1988 with the Korea Herald, a major English-language daily. In 1997 he moved to mass-circulated vernacular daily DongA Ilbo, working at International News Desk.

In 2000 he established The Seoul Times, which has become a well-known news portal within diplomatic circle in South Korea as well as politicians, civil-military bureaucrats, academics, researchers, entrepreneurs and key executives in large business conglomerates in the country.

Joseph Joh graduated from Donggook University and Yonsei University, majoring in English and Political Science respectively.

Under government’s scholarship he went to the United States and studied at the School of Journalism and Mass Communications of the University of Wisconsin at Madison between 1993 and 1995, earning a master’s degree in journalism.

During his upcoming visit, Joseph Jo shall meet local journalists and media personalities as well as officials at the Korea-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KBCCI), Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) as well as local businessmen who are willing to establish business relations with South Korea.

During his upcoming visit to Bangladesh, Joseph Jo expresses his interest to know in detail about the development and progress of Bangladesh under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the last fifteen years as well as the achievements and success of Bangladesh in the United Nations Peace Mission. He also wants to cover possible unexplored area of cooperation between Bangladesh and South Korea.

Joseph Jo also shall hold a meeting with Blitz on the possibility of entering into content-exchange and collaboration agreement between The Seoul Times and Blitz.

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