K.W. Lee wurde am 1 Juni 1928 in Kaesong, Japanese Korea [ora Kaesong, North Korea] geboren. Er war mit Peggy Flowers verheiratet. Er starb am 8 März 2025 in Sacramento, California, USA.
Lee stood for truth and challenged injustice throughout his career as a journalist at the Sacramento Union, The Korea Times English Edition, the Koreatown Weekly in Los Angeles, The Charleston Gazette in West Virgina and the Kingsport Times-news in Virginia.
