
Steven L
Herman is the Voice
of America bureau chief and correspondent based in Seoul. Prior
to taking his post in Korea in mid-2010 Steven was the South Asia bureau chief based in New Delhi, India. Over the
years, from As a wanderlust journalist Steven has
reported from dozens of countries and territories including Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Fiji, Gaza, Guam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India,
Israel, Japan, Kashmir, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Macau, Nepal, New Zealand, Okinawa, Pakistan,
Palau, Philippines, Sikkim, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Trinidad. He has met or interviewed hundreds of famous or notable people. Steven's articles, columns, opinion
pieces and reviews have been published in numerous newspapers and magazines,
including the ACCJ
Journal, Asahi Evening News,
Asahi Journal, Far Eastern Economic Review, Harvard Summer
Review, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, J@pan Inc., Japan Quarterly, Japan Times, Outlook, Popular Communications, Proceedings (U.S. Naval Institute), Radio
World, Skyward, Shukan Bunshun,
Shukan Gendai, South
China Morning Post and the Wall Street
Journal. Steven was elected for five consecutive
years (1998-2002) to serve as Chairman of The Foreign Press
in Japan (FPIJ) after completing a one-year term as President of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ).
Steven also has been President of the
Japan-America Society of The American
University and the Steven was a print and broadcast reporter
and editor with the Associated Press in West
Virginia and Washington, D.C. before returning to Steven has
also had his share of media attention, being profiled or interviewed by ABC Radio (Australia), Akahata,
Asahi Pasocon, Asahi Shimbun, Asia
Media, CNN-IBN, CQ
Ham Radio, Daily
Tohoku, Daily
Yomiuri, DD-Gyan
Darshan TV, Japan
Times, Kochi
Shimbun, Mainichi
Shimbun, Menfs Club, New Media, The New York Times, Kahoku
Shimpo, Metropolis,
Multimedia & Business, NewsX, Nihon Kogyo Shimbun, Time (Asia edition), Tokyo
Weekender and USA Today. Steven has also appeared in several
TV documentaries as a subject expert on Japanese organized crime, including A&E's
Red Light Districts and National Geographic's Taboo series.
Steven served
on the Advisory Board of the Waseda
Marketing Forum, associated with the Business School of Waseda
University in 

