Michelle Ye Hee LEE is Tokyo & Seoul bureau chief for The Washington Post, covering Japan and the Korean peninsula. Her coverage includes foreign policy, domestic politics, climate, social issues, and major breaking news events. Michelle joined The Post in 2014 as a national political reporter, covering money in politics, lobbying and political influence, congressional and presidential campaigns, and political fact-check columns. Prior to The Post, she was a political investigator at the Arizona Republic in Phoenix, Arizona. Michelle studied International Relations and English at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.