@WashingtonPost Tokyo/Seoul bureau chief, covering Japan & the Koreas. michelle.lee@washpost.com. IG/TikTok: myhlee
John Bolton op-ed in WaPo: When Blinken goes to China, he should call its bluff on North Korea
South Korea, which has a low rate of accepting refugees, deemed them unqualified to even apply and rejected their applications. The men appealed, and three of them will find out on Jan. 31 whether their appeal will be accepted.
My 11-year-old niece, visiting Tokyo, asked me if she could read my most recent article. I pulled it up for her, and after a few minutes she was done reading and said, “That’s pretty cool.” I have never felt more validated.
For five Russians who escaped to avoid conscription in the war against Ukraine, Incheon Airport has been their temporary home for the past three months. I met three of them and learned about their life at the airport and their pending asylum request:
Been thinking a lot about the mental health of elderly Asian Americans the past few days and this story really sums it up. Very thoughtful story by some of the best reporters who cover the Asian American community @newsterrier @JeongPark52 + team):
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My latest pottery project. Tried a new clay, new wheel technique (V-shape) and new glaze and played around with glazing. Pretty happy about the final product
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Been thinking about young South Koreans the past few days. The generation being shaped by two gruesome national tragedies with horrific death tolls, a pandemic, a housing crisis, widening income inequality — all while growing up in a rising global economy.
Leaving the restaurant at 8pm per guidelines under Tokyo state of emergency, and yet … still a full house. Some people got seated minutes ago. Most people here are watching the Japan-NZ men’s Olympic soccer quarterfinals.
BREAKING: Of the 120+ people who died, 74+ people sent to hospitals; 46+ people died on-site at the Itaewon Halloween crowding crush. The death toll likely will still rise.
Harris County, the most populous county in Texas, just set a new record for voter turnout on a single day of early voting -- 109,000 ballots cast, with 2 hours left until polls close for the day, per @HarrisVotes .
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