Mika Mäkeläinen (born 30 May 1965) is a Finnish foreign news journalist and non-fiction writer, who has served as both the United States and Asia

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for the Finnish

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. Mäkeläinen was stationed in Washington, D.C., between 2006 and 2009 and in Beijing between 2015 and 2017. Mäkeläinen is a four-time recipient of the best report of the year award (in different categories) in the CNN World Report competition. He holds a master's degree in theology from the

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, and was accepted into the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at

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in 2003. Mäkeläinen has received international attention for his coverage of

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. In 2016, he was the only Nordic journalist invited to cover the

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. His most notable book, ''Kimlandia: silminnäkijänä Pohjois-Korean kulisseissa'', is based on his experiences in the country. In 2019, a panel of judges selected ''Kimlandia'' as the best nonfiction book at the TIETOKIRJA.FI event in Helsinki. Most recently, Mäkeläinen has participated in the creation of a

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experience depicting the nuclear testing at Enewetak Atoll. He was a speaker at the 2019

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Conference.

Bibliography

*. Church Research Institute, 1993. series C, 0781-8572; no. 49. *. Tietoteos, 1997. . *. Kirjapaja, 2010. . *. Co-written with Jim Solatie. Talentum, 2013. . *. Atena, 2019. .

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External links

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Mika Mäkeläinen on the Yle website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Makelainen, Mika 1965 births Living people Finnish reporters and correspondents Finnish non-fiction writers Finnish expatriates in China Finnish expatriates in the United States