Reporter bio

Kate Woodsome

Kate has been covering international news for more than a decade, living and working in Cuba, Nicaragua, Cambodia and Hong Kong. Before joining VOA, she wrote and edited for various media outlets and international organizations, including Jakarta-based Asia Calling, American Public Media's Marketplace, JP Morgan Chase and the World Bank. She's now tracking U.S. immigration and the human condition from VOA's Washington headquarters but is always hungry to return to the field. Follow her on twitter @kwoodsome.
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A woman in a traditional Korean Hanbok costume sits in front of South Korean soldiers at Namsangol Hanok Village in Seoul, May 20, 2013.

Defectors Say North Stirred 1980 South Korea Unrest

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