Seoul Bureau Reporter

New Posted 6 November 2023 | Seoul, South Korea | Bloomberg

Bloomberg News is looking for an enthusiastic reporter to join our Seoul bureau. You will relish jumping on fast-paced developments and quickly delivering stories across a wide range of topics from North Korea's Kim Jong Un and President Yoon's policies to chipmakers, the future of EV batteries as well as mega-mergers and financial malfeasance. You will also enjoy working closely with breaking news editors as first responders to an erupting development, monitoring various websites and news portals and firing off market-moving headlines quickly and accurately.

If this is you, we are looking for a versatile reporter who can cover a broad swath of breaking developments out of the Korean Peninsula. The position is in Seoul and reports to the Seoul bureau chief.
We'll trust you to:

Deliver accurate and concise stories under tight deadlines
Generate instant analysis that don't just focus on the "what happened'' but also on the "why'' and "so what''
Collaborate extensively with Seoul bureau colleagues covering government, technology, companies and financial markets while assisting breaking news editors monitor local wires.
Talk about your stories on Bloomberg TV, Bloomberg Radio and Bloomberg Quicktake

You'll need to have:

Experience in real-time news environment
A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Ability to write quickly and clearly under deadline pressure
Fluency in both spoken and written English and Korean
Demonstrated continuous career growth within an organization


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