K.W. Lee was born on 1 June 1928 in Kaesong, Japanese Korea [now Kaesong, North Korea]. He was married to Peggy Flowers. He died on 8 March 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.
