Frederick Arthur MacKenzie (1869–1931)[note 1] was a Canadian journalist that covered several geopolitical developments in East Asia in the early 20th century.

He briefly contributed to the Pall Mall Gazette,[2] and then for several years he worked with the Daily Mail as a travelling correspondent in East Asia.

[4] MacKenzie was born in Quebec in 1869[citation needed], and described himself as "Scots-Canadian", although he would later tell locals abroad that he was English for convenience's sake.

During these years, he travelled to Korea and Manchuria with American writers Jack London[6] and Robert L. Dunn.

[8] MacKenzie returned to England after the Russo-Japanese War, but he visited Korea again to cover the Japanese intervention in the peninsula.

During that time, he wrote about King Sunjong's coronation ceremony in July 1907, the righteous armies, and British journalist Ernest Thomas Bethell's deportation.

[4] Frederick MacKenzie eyewitnessed the abuse of Japanese forces on his way to Icheon, despite Japan's attempts to obstruct the work of foreign journalists.