Origin
Four Korean-American reporters -- pioneers among Asian-American journalists -- founded the Korean American Journalists Association, or KAJA, in 1987. They held an inaugural gathering at Arirang restaurant in New York City. KAJA was born from the discussions at that meeting. KAJA's founding officers and their KAJA titles: K.W. Lee of The Sacramento Union, president; K. Connie Kang, legal affairs reporter of the San Francisco Examiner, vice president; Kapson Yim Lee, a veteran of Korean ethnic media, including the Korea Times newspaper, secretary/treasurer; and T.S. Suhr of Los Angeles, a journalist-turned-lawyer, who joined KAJA's board of directors and helped draw up its bylaws.
Over time, as the leadership entered their 60s and 70s, KAJA became dormant, until a younger generation took up the reins and rebooted KAJA.
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