Lim Geun-ho
Lim Geun-ho (임근호) is a South Korean entertainment journalist and editor who co-founded the entertainment news website DispatchDispatchDispatch (디스패치) is a Seoul-based South Korean entertainment news website founded in 2011 by former reporters of 스포츠서울닷컴. It is known for exclusive celebrity dating reports backed by photographs, has faced privacy lawsuits and petitions calling for its closure, and since 2022 has won several Journalist of the Month awards from the Journalists Association of Korea.Open the full entry in 2011 and has served as its news department head, editor-in-chief and editor.
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Key facts
Before 2011At 스포츠서울닷컴
Lim Geun-ho worked at 스포츠서울닷컴, where he covered the dengue fever controversy involving entertainer Shin Jung-hwan (신정환).[1]
2011Co-founds Dispatch
In 2011, he and Lee Myeong-gu (이명구) were among nine people who founded Dispatch.[2]
March 2015News Department Head at Dispatch
In March 2015, speaking as Dispatch’s news department head about its reporting principles, Lim said the team distinguished between fact and truth and constantly considered how close its reports came to the truth.[1]
2022Editor-in-Chief During the Kang Jong-hyun Investigation
In 2022, Lim was Dispatch’s editor-in-chief. He said that after confirming that Kang Jong-hyun (강종현), known as the Bithumb chairman, was a real person, the team concentrated on the related companies and people and traced the source of his money.[3]
As of October 2026: Editor of Dispatch
As of October 2026, Lim Geun-ho is the editor (편집인) of Dispatch.[4]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Dispatch: Official website: https://www.dispatch.co.kr/ (opens in a new window)[4]