11 Facts About Anna Fifield

Anna Fifield was born on 14 March 1976 and is the Asia-Pacific editor at The Washington Post.

Anna Fifield has been to North Korea a dozen times.

Anna Fifield was US Political Correspondent in Washington, DC between 2009 and 2013, and was previously Middle East correspondent in Beirut and Tehran, and Korea Correspondent in Seoul.

Anna Fifield was Tokyo bureau chief for The Washington Post from 2014 to 2018, and became the Beijing bureau chief.

Anna Fifield has reported from more than 20 countries, including Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya and North Korea.

Anna Fifield secured the only interview with Kim Jong-un's aunt, who had been living in the United States since 1998.

Anna Fifield wrote about young North Korean escapees making a new life for themselves in South Korea, offering a different narrative from the usual portrayal of North Koreans as helpless victims.

Anna Fifield became the first person to ever go live on Facebook from North Korea in 2016.

Anna Fifield covered the story of deceased University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, who was released from imprisonment in North Korea through diplomatic efforts by the Department of State in the Trump Administration.

Anna Fifield was a Nieman Fellow in Journalism at Harvard University, where she studied how change happens in closed societies.

Anna Fifield took up her position on 5 October 2020 and left it in December 2022.