David Volodzko
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Biography
Publications
David Volodzko is an editor at the news service Brightwire. He is also the former national editor of the Korea JoongAng Daily and a former Korea correspondent for South China Morning Post. More of his work may be found at his website, volodzko.com.
![Kim is dead? Hang on, many South Koreans don’t trust their own press](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1220040407.jpg?itok=0wPSr2Z9)
Kim is dead? Hang on, many South Koreans don’t trust their own press
A legacy of beat-ups and cover-ups, plus lingering authoritarian vestiges, make for little faith in local reporters.
![Cults, cabals and corruption in South Korea](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/cropped%20choi%20soon-sil-min.jpg?itok=5jfId3MF)
Cults, cabals and corruption in South Korea
Every day we seem to learn that Park’s longtime friend, Choi Soon-sil, the daughter of a religious cult leader, has yet another tentacle wrapped around the government.