Kyung Lah Profile

Kyung Lah is an American Correspondent and News Anchor/Reporter working for CNN in Atlanta, Georgia. She joined the network in late 2005.

Kyung Lah Education

Lah graduated from Hoffman Estates High School in Hoffman Estates, Illinois in the year 1989 and then attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She graduated from the university in the year 1993 with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Journalism. During her stint at the university, she worked as a writer for the school’s Daily Illini newspaper.

Kyung Lah Career

Lah serves at CNN as a Senior National Correspondent for CNN based in Los Angeles. Over the years with CNN, she has reported on a wide range of stories including the 2020 Democratic nomination for United States President, assigned to reporting on Senators Amy Klobuchar and Kamala Harris. Before that, she reported on the cultural and political impact of the surge of women candidates who ran for the United States Congress in the year 2018. Lah is the only political correspondent who reported on the 2020 campaign. She has also covered breaking news of coronavirus in the Western region as well as the national economic implications of the COVID pandemic.

Lah has reported on the significant United States and global events including the downing of MH11 from Ukraine; missing flight MH370 from Malaysia, and the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. She has also provided reports on the tensions with North Korea from the Republic of Japan and Korea.

Before Lah re-joined CNN United States, she worked as a correspondent based in Tokyo for the network. As the 9.0 earthquake was striking Japan in March 2011, she was in Tokyo. In Japan, she covered the story of the 15,000 people who lost their lives in the tsunami and the world’s worst nuclear disaster in two and a half decades at the Fukushima nuclear power plant’s triple meltdown. Lah was the 1st United States broadcast journalist to go inside the meltdown on the 1 year anniversary of the disaster.

Lah has provided extensive reports throughout East Asia, where she covered stories of human struggle and conflict from Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Korea, Pakistan, and the Philippines. She has conducted interviews with multiple Japanese prime ministers and leaders from Pakistan and China. Lah has worked as a national correspondent for CNN Newsource based in Washington DC. In that capacity, she provided live coverage of breaking news events from the country’s capital for approximately 800 CNN Newsource partner stations.

Quick Facts About Kyung Lah

Kyung Lah Age, How old is Kyung Lah?

Lah is 50 years old as of 2021. She was born on August 27, 1971, in Seoul, South Korea. She celebrates her birthday on the 27th of August every year.

Kyung Lah Height

How tall is Kyung Lah? Lah stands at a height of approximately 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m).

Kyung Lah Family

Lah was raised in Streamwood, Illinois with her loving parents, whose names are unknown at the moment. They moved to America when Lah was 7 years old. Information regarding her siblings is currently under review. However, the information will be updated as soon as it’s available.

Kyung Lah Husband

Lah is married to her lovely spouse, Curtis Vogel, a television producer who has worked for NBC. He worked for Edendale Strategies as a vice president. There is no information regarding their wedding or engagement at the moment.

Kyung Lah Daughter / Children

Lah and her husband take great pride in being mom and dad to their one daughter, whose names are currently under review. She is 21 years old as of 2022 having been born in the year 2001.

Kyung Lah Salary

Being one of the top journalists for CNN, she earns an annual salary ranging from $ 20,000 – $ 100,000.

Kyung Lah’s Net Worth

Lah has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned through her successful career as a Correspondent and News Anchor/Reporter.

At CNN Lah works alongside;

1. Phil Mattingly
2. Suzanne Malveaux
3. Patrick Oppmann
4. Ryan Nobles
5. Paula Newton
6. Chad Myers
7. Jeanne Moos
8. David McKenzie
9. Oren Liebermann
10. Alex Marquardt
11. Miguel Marquez
12. Athena Jones
13. Laura Jarrett
14. Kristen Holmes
15. Paula Hancocks