Mika Mäkeläinen (born 30 May 1965)^[1] is a Finnish foreign news journalist and non-fiction writer, who has served as both the United States and Asia correspondent for the Finnish public broadcasting company Yle.^[2][3][4] 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.^[5][6][7] He holds a master's degree in theology from the University of Helsinki,^[2][8] and was accepted into the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University in 2003.^[9]

Mäkeläinen has received international attention for his coverage of North Korea.^[10][11] In 2016, he was the only Nordic journalist invited to cover the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea.^[12] His most notable book, Kimlandia: silminnäkijänä Pohjois-Korean kulisseissa, is based on his experiences in the country.^[10][13] In 2019, a panel of judges selected Kimlandia as the best nonfiction book at the TIETOKIRJA.FI event in Helsinki.^{[14][non-primary source needed]}

Most recently, Mäkeläinen has participated in the creation of a virtual reality experience depicting the nuclear testing at Enewetak Atoll.^[15][8] He was a speaker at the 2019 Online News Association Conference.^[8]

• Kirkkojen maailmanneuvoston kehitysnäkemys 1968–1983. Church Research Institute, 1993. series C, 0781-8572; no. 49. ISBN 951-693-194-4
• Radion rajaton maailma: opas kansainväliseen radiokuunteluun. Tietoteos, 1997. ISBN 951-8919-50-X.
• Villi Länsi: kirjeenvaihtajan kanssa pitkin poikin Amerikkaa. Kirjapaja, 2010. ISBN 978-952-247-106-2.
• Ideasta innovaatioksi: luovuus hyötykäyttöön. Co-written with Jim Solatie. Talentum, 2013. ISBN 978-952-14-2097-9.
• Kimlandia: silminnäkijänä Pohjois-Korean kulisseissa. Atena, 2019. ISBN 978-952-300-496-2.

• Mika Mäkeläinen on Twitter
• Mika Mäkeläinen on the Yle website