Jonathan Cheng is the China bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal. From 2013 to 2019, he was the Korea bureau chief, based in Seoul. A native of Toronto, he lives in Beijing. His first book, Korean Messiah: Kim Il Sung and the Christian Roots of North Korea's Personality Cult, recounts the profound impact of Christianity on North Korean society. The book is out with Alfred A. Knopf as of April.
Jonathan Cheng.Illustration by Lauren Crow
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