Shawn Paik

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Video: Trump Leaves G7 Early After Tehran Evacuation Warning

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Shawn Paik

new video loaded: Trump Leaves G7 Early After Tehran Evacuation WarningtranscripttranscriptTrump Leaves G7 Early After Tehran Evacuation WarningWhite House officials said the president left the two-day summit early to deal with the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel. You probably see what I see, and I have to be back as soon as I can. See you on the plane. Recent episodes in InternationalInternational video coverage from The New York Times.
Power Outage Hits Chile

Feb 26, 2025 | nytimes.com | Shawn Paik

International video coverage from The New York Times.
Is Microsoft Excel the Next Big E-Sport?

Jan 20, 2025 | nytimes.com | Yan Zhuang |Mikayla Whitmore |Shawn Paik

Like soccer players taking the field in a giant stadium, the 12 finalists ran through a glowing "hype tunnel," some wearing jerseys with sponsorship logos. As an announcer bellowed introductions and cameras captured their every move, they approached a neon-lit stage to raucous cheers. Then the men sat down at desktop computers, opened their Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and began to type.
Freed Prisoner on Life Inside Sednaya

Dec 10, 2024 | nytimes.com | Shawn Paik |Christina Kelso
She Moved to New Delhi for a Fresh Start, but the Air Made Her Sick

Nov 17, 2024 | nytimes.com | Shawn Paik

new video loaded: She Moved to New Delhi for a Fresh Start, but the Air Made Her SickShe Moved to New Delhi for a Fresh Start, but the Air Made Her SickSince coming to New Delhi, which had the world's worst air quality on Monday, Ameesha Munjal hasn't been able to exercise or see friends. She has been on several medications to battle sickness caused by the pollution. The pollution was so bad that I went to the doctor, and he just said that, 'you should move out of the city.
Videos Appear to Show North Korean Troops in Russia Amid Ukraine War

Oct 25, 2024 | nytimes.com | Choe Sang-Hun |Arijeta Lajka |Christoph Koettl |Shawn Paik

"Here they are. The boys from North Korea."That is how a male voice describes what appears to be a group of soldiers filmed in a video geolocated by The New York Times to a military training site in the Russian Far East village of Sergeyevka, in district Primorsky Krai. The person filming the video then walks toward the crowd, which is gathered near the entrance of a green and white building.
How to Be a Baseball Fan in South Korea

Mar 19, 2024 | nytimes.com | John Yoon |Jun Michael Park |Shawn Paik

The country's raucous fan culture will be on display when Major League Baseball opens its season in Seoul. Here's how to cheer and what to eat. Cheering squads guiding fans through chants and dances at a baseball stadium in Seoul on Sunday. In the United States, many Major League Baseball games feature long periods of calm, punctuated by cheering when there's action on the field or the stadium organ plays a catchy tune. But in South Korea, a baseball game is a sustained sensory overload.
What Happened on Super Tuesday

Mar 5, 2024 | nytimes.com | Jonathan Weisman |Shawn Paik |Rebecca Suner
Video: U.S. Citizen Crosses the Rafah Border

Nov 2, 2023 | nytimes.com | Shawn Paik

new video loaded: U.S. Citizen Crosses the Rafah BordertranscripttranscriptU.S. Citizen Crosses the Rafah BorderLena Beseiso, a U.S. citizen, described her journey from Gaza to Egypt. We drove really fast to get here. Hopefully things will turn out just fine and we can be able to finally leave. We’re at the Palestinian side of the Rafah border, and let’s just hope we can make it through today. There’s a lot of people here. We are frightened, to be honest. This is putting our life at risk again.
Israel-Hamas War: Netanyahu Appears to Rebuff Blinken’s Request for Humanitarian Pauses

Nov 2, 2023 | nyti.ms | Shawn Paik |Anna Betts |Adam Entous

Videotranscripttranscript‘We Need to Do More to Protect Palestinian Civilians,’ Blinken SaysSecretary of State Antony J. Blinken reiterated that Israel has the right to defend itself from Hamas, but pushed for the protection of Palestinian civilians in its military campaign. We need to do more to protect Palestinian civilians. We’ve been clear that as Israel conducts this campaign to defeat Hamas, how it does so matters. It matters because it’s the right and lawful thing to do.