James Pearson

James Pearson is part of the Visual Investigations team at Reuters, based in London. He was previously the European Cybersecurity Correspondent, the Reuters Bureau Chief in Vietnam and a correspondent with Reuters in Seoul, where he covered North and South Korea. Originally from Britain, Pearson studied Chinese and Korean at the School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), and East Asian Studies at the University of Cambridge. He is co-author of 'North Korea Confidential' with Daniel Tudor, a former Economist correspondent.