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Kyung-Ran Kang
Chief Producer & Director, FNS (Frontline News Service)
Kyung Ran Kang is the Chief Producer and Director of Frontline News Service (FNS), an independent news agency based in Seoul that produces and distributes news and documentaries around the world. FNS has staff in over 15 countries covering worldwide issues. Frequently risking her safety and putting herself in hazardous situations, Kang has produced almost 300 documentaries and in over 50 countries, such as Afghanistan, Albania, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Israel-Palestine, Kosovo, Laos, Somalia, etc., mainly focusing on areas of conflict.
She has interviewed multiple leaders in conflict areas, including Xanana Gusmao, former President of East Timor, Hun Sen, former Prime Minster of Cambodia, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, former leader of Hamas, and Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil, former Foreign Minister in the Taliban government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. She also managed to interview Nobel Peace Prize winners, Aung San Su Kyi of Burma and Shirin Ebady of Iran.
Kang has received numerous awards for her inspiring documentaries. She took the 2002 Best Documentary Award from the Democratic Press Association in Korea for Afghanistan, 1 Year After. In 2003, she was invited to the Peabody Film Festival for Far Far from Jerusalem. At the 2009 International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), she was the winner of the middle length competition for Iron Crow from her five-part documentary, A Human Land. Another part from A Human Land titled Survivors: Days in Zhari Police Station was also invited to the 2009 IDFA for the Panoramic Section of Reflecting Image.
Kang holds BA and MA degrees in Sociology from Ewha Womans University and is currently in the Ph.D program in Sociology at Ewha Womans University.
She has interviewed multiple leaders in conflict areas, including Xanana Gusmao, former President of East Timor, Hun Sen, former Prime Minster of Cambodia, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, former leader of Hamas, and Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil, former Foreign Minister in the Taliban government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. She also managed to interview Nobel Peace Prize winners, Aung San Su Kyi of Burma and Shirin Ebady of Iran.
Kang has received numerous awards for her inspiring documentaries. She took the 2002 Best Documentary Award from the Democratic Press Association in Korea for Afghanistan, 1 Year After. In 2003, she was invited to the Peabody Film Festival for Far Far from Jerusalem. At the 2009 International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), she was the winner of the middle length competition for Iron Crow from her five-part documentary, A Human Land. Another part from A Human Land titled Survivors: Days in Zhari Police Station was also invited to the 2009 IDFA for the Panoramic Section of Reflecting Image.
Kang holds BA and MA degrees in Sociology from Ewha Womans University and is currently in the Ph.D program in Sociology at Ewha Womans University.
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