
Jin Yu Young
Reporter at The New York Times
@nytimes Seoul bureau | Medill ‘21 alum | SNU ‘19 alum | words in @unesco @koreatimescokr🇨🇦🇰🇷
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Jin Yu Young |Choe Sang-Hun
Mr. Yoon's wife, Kim Keon Hee, was also at the center of some of his troubles. In late 2023, spy cam footage emerged showing Ms. Kim accepting a $2,200 Dior pouch as a gift. The episode roiled his political party and became a significant issue ahead of parliamentary elections. Relations with North Korea sank to longtime lows after Mr. Yoon took office.
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4 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Jin Yu Young |Chang W. Lee
The country's largest blaze on record has left 27 dead and destroyed heritage sites, including two 1,000-year-old temples. South Korea's largest wildfires on record blazed through the country's southeast for a seventh day, with firefighters, soldiers and heritage workers racing to evacuate people and save ancient treasures from the encroaching flames. At least 37,000 people were evacuated from their homes as the fires, which have left 27 people dead, spread in the dry and windy weather.
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1 month ago |
businessandamerica.com | Jin Yu Young
Nearly 30 wildfires broke out in southeastern South Korea over the weekend, killing four people and injuring six others, officials said on Sunday. Thousands of firefighters and dozens of helicopters were sent out to fight 29 fires that burned through at least 4,700 acres and forced the evacuation of around 1,000 people, according to the Interior Ministry. The fires also disrupted train service and prompted the closing of some roads.
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1 month ago |
telegraphindia.com | Jin Yu Young
Of the 251 people seized and taken into Gaza during the attacks on October 7, 2023, 130 or more hostages have been released. The Israeli military has retrieved the bodies of at least 40 others Jin Yu Young Published 19.03.25, 11:43 AM A woman with an infant mourns as she identifies a body at the Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City after Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday.
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1 month ago |
clarin.com | Jin Yu Young
La reanudación de los intensos ataques israelíes en la Franja de Gaza el martes puso inmediatamente en duda la situación de los rehenes que permanecen allí retenidos por Hamás y otros grupos. Según el gobierno israelí, se cree que menos de la mitad de los 59 restantes siguen con vida. Un análisis reciente de The New York Times mostró que al menos 41 rehenes murieron durante su cautiverio a manos de Hamás y sus aliados.
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