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Jake Kwon

@therealjakekwon

BBC Seoul Correspondent / jake.kwon@bbc.co.uk / Covering everything from North Korean missiles to latest K-drama trends / 영국 공영방송 BBC 서울 특파원

 Seoul, South Korea
Joined December 2011
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Juwon Park@juwonreportsNov 10
On Quartz's author page, I went from Juwon Park to Jooyoung Park overnight. Scary to see my work credited to someone else. Not sure if it's a system glitch or human error confusing two Asian names. My author page even includes an article I never wrote. Hope @qz fixes this ASAP!
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@koryodynastyNov 10
So fellow journalist @juwonreports was archiving her old @qz articles only to discover that all her bylines had been changed from "Juwon Park" to "Jooyoung Park". Have 2 Asian writers been conflated because their names sound similar? Not cool. qz.com/author/jooyoung-park
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Juwon Park@juwonreportsNov 11
I wrote all the articles listed on my author page except one, which should be removed. These articles were written by me, not Jooyoung Park. Pls restore my original bylines, @qz. I deserve proper credit. I’ve emailed you about this but haven’t heard back. qz.com/author/jooyoung-park
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The Diplomat retracts an article saying the journalist fabricated the story and may not even be a real person (!) but a Russian operative (!!).
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The CEO says the interview never happened. And if you look up the journalist on the byline (Kim Hwa-pyeong), no result comes up minus one person in Korean language media six years ago.
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How a Diplomatic Row Ended a Korean Startup’s AI War Test in Ukraine

How a Diplomatic Row Ended a Korean Startup’s AI War Test in Ukraine

Seoul is trying to maintain its support for Ukraine while dealing with a diplomatic dispute with Kyiv. But Newtype Industries, a defense startup in Seoul, says the same dispute has cost the company...

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Secret K-Pop Deals: The Times obtained the contracts signed by the group NewJeans. They show how record labels keep a tight grip on K-pop stars. nyti.ms/4eLmX6g
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"South Korea emerges as the best-performing advanced economy since 2019 if you adjust for population growth, followed by Greece. The US slips to third place" giftarticle.ft.com/giftartic…
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@SPFLWatchNov 3
Very nerdy chat (shock) but big fan of BBC News using a special American-inspired version of their General Election theme music for the Midterms.
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Good morning, friends in the US. Hope you know that your election is closely watched here in Seoul. “Will the US choose Trump again?”
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North Korea went even further, suggesting that the US was behind the hack. (!)
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@BBCWorldNov 3
North Korea denies being behind record $6.3bn Binance hack bbc.in/4BHpus3
North Korea denies being behind $6.3bn Binance crypto hack

North Korea denies being behind $6.3bn Binance crypto hack

US government agencies and cyber analysts have blamed Pyongyang for the record-breaking heist.

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Back out in Itaewon for Halloween last night. This guy won the costume contest in my view.
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Glad you guys like this one. Follow for more Korea news!
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The streets were packed but manageable. It seemed people chose to go out in Hongdae instead, where the nightlife district is more spread out.
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The police controlled the steep narrow alley where the deadly crowd crush happened four years ago. Still gives me a lump in the throat passing through.
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Police deployed during stand-off over control of Poland's top court bbc.in/4yNZOan
Police deployed during stand-off over control of top Poland court

Police deployed during stand-off over control of top Poland court

The escalation came after the government suspended two senior justices and moved to bring criminal charges against them.

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Amazing chart from Adam Farrar of Bloomberg @economics. Assuming the Binance hack was done by the North Koreans, as alleged by @trmlabs, then the country just captured 75% of its total 2025 revenue in the span of just 20 minutes
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Didn’t know the Finns are the Seoulites of Europe
Embassy of Finland in the US 🇫🇮 (@FinlandinUSA) profile pictureEmbassy of Finland in the US 🇫🇮
@FinlandinUSAOct 30
It's becoming nightmarish... for the Finns. Happy Halloween from the Embassy of Finland! 🎃
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Seoul crush scene to be removed from Call of Duty after backlash bbc.in/4yWU5zf
Seoul crush scene to be removed from Call of Duty after backlash

Seoul crush scene to be removed from Call of Duty after backlash

Bereaved families say they were appalled to see footage of the Itaewon disaster included in Modern Warfare 4.

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North Koreans suspected in what may be the single largest cyber heist in history. “Cryptocurrency giant Binance said on Thursday that a "security incident" on its platform has impacted about $6.3bn (£4.7bn) of assets.” bbc.com/news/articles/cwg7xp…
Crypto giant Binance hit by hack suspected to be largest in history

Crypto giant Binance hit by hack suspected to be largest in history

Two analytics firms have attributed the incident to a North Korean hacking unit called TraderTraitor.

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