K. Oanh Ha has reported on Asian American issues and Asia for the last decade. She came to KQED Radio
from the San Jose Mercury News, where she was the paper's Asia Pacific correspondent. Her work included
coverage of the economic rise of Vietnam and China, as well as of dissident movements in both countries.
Her stories also explored the impact of globalization and the connections between Asia and America --
from venture capital to Korean hip hop to Japanese toilets.
Oanh began her journalism career as a business reporter, covering technology and tech culture as well as
small and minority businesses. An investigative series she co-authored about Asian immigrants illegally
assembling computer products in their homes for top Silicon Valley firms led to a federal investigation
and compensation for the workers.
Her stories have also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Newsday, The Orange County Register, and a
college English textbook. She has received awards from the Associated Press News Executives Council,
the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Peninsula Press Club, and was chosen for several
fellowships related to Asia.
Oanh was born in Vietnam and speaks Vietnamese and Spanish. She is a graduate of UCLA with a B.A. in
English and American Literature and participated in a study exchange program at the Universidad de
Alcala de Henares in Madrid, Spain.
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