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Jintak Han
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Photo editor, @washingtonpost.com
Member of @diversifyphoto.bsky.social
Past: 📷 Denver Post, ZUMA Press, Hankook Ilbo & more
Trained linguist. 🗣🇰🇷🇺🇸🇯🇵
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I went and saw what it’s like to be swarmed by thousands (millions?) of little bugs in heat so you don’t have to
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Lovebugs vex South Korea, covering hiking trails and sidewalks
The non-native insects have no natural predators and have grown in numbers in recent years. Experts say warming temperatures could be a factor in their proliferation.
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July 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Breaking news: A former senior Syrian security official told the FBI that American journalist Austin Tice was killed in 2013 on the orders of then-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, an account that has not been corroborated by the U.S.
Former Syrian official claims Assad gave order to kill Austin Tice in 2013
U.S. officials are investigating an uncorroborated account from a high-ranking former Syrian official that American freelance journalist Austin Tice was executed in 2013.
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June 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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The Trump administration has cast the undocumented as criminals responsible for California's woes and the ICE protests as an overreaction to basic deportation operations.

The reality is very different @mariasacchetti.bsky.social reports

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Fact-checking Trump and Miller’s claims of a ‘migrant invasion’ in California
Federal and state data tell a far different story about migration to California than the political fury unfolding in Washington and on the streets of Los Angeles.
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June 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I've sunset the redirect account @jintakhan.bsky.social since @bsky.app has largely addressed this issue. It would be nice if the handle continued to redirect to custom domain handles, but at least they are listening.
April 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.

In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
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March 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Four people are dead and six injured after a highway bridge under construction in Cheonan, South Korea, collapsed on Tuesday, officials said. South Korea has the third-highest fatal workplace injury rate, which is double the OECD average.
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4 killed as South Korean highway bridge collapses during construction
Six others were injured when a highway bridge collapsed in Cheonan, a city south of Seoul. The country has one of the highest workplace fatality rates in the OECD.
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February 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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BREAKING South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol, accused of leading insurrection last month in botched martial law declaration, is nation's first sitting president to be arrested Andrew Jeong reports from Seoul with @jintakhan.com @myhlee.bsky.social @pietsch.bsky.social
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South Korean president arrested, accused of leading insurrection
Yoon, who was impeached and suspended from office in December, is the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested.
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January 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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The Post’s analysis offers evidence that the Palisades Fire started in the area where firefighters had spent hours using helicopters to knock down a blaze six days earlier.
What caused the Palisades blaze? Visual evidence points to a recent fire nearby
The Post’s analysis offers evidence that the Palisades Fire started in the area where firefighters had spent hours using helicopters to knock down a blaze six days earlier.
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January 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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the vibes this week
January 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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It's no exaggeration to say there is a torrent of news in South Korea right now. Blinken is visiting, while investigators trying to figure out how/when to arrest Yoon, impeachment trials of Yoon and the impeached PM under prep, ongoing Jeju Air investigation, now a North Korean ballistic missile.
January 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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It was, with little doubt, their worst New Year’s Day ever.

Heartbreaking new year's dispatch from our Seoul team from Muan Airport in South Korea, where victims' families are mourning their loved ones as investigators focus on the cause of the deadly crash: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
New year but no end to mourning as South Korea crash victims are identified
Relatives of victims have set up memorials at the airport where the Jeju Air plane went down in the world’s deadliest aviation crash in six years.
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January 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Go behind the scenes as “Sesame Street” takes on the emotional health of children — and, with an HBO deal ending, the health of the show itself.
Inside ‘Sesame Street’ as it fights to survive
Go behind the scenes as “Sesame Street” takes on the emotional health of children — and, with an HBO deal ending, the health of the show itself.
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December 22, 2024 at 9:23 PM
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Every day we face challenges that the Founders could not have dreamed.
December 20, 2024 at 3:11 PM
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December 12, 2024 at 10:44 PM
From one impeachment to another: the original photo is from former president Park Geun-hye’s impeachment in 2017.
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December 12, 2024 at 12:22 PM
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This photo circulating this morning as Yoon spoke for the 1st time since declaring martial law, with a wholehearted defense of his actions. The ajusshi-throwing-soju-bottle photo existed, and someone photoshopped Yoon in. Pretty much captures the mood here right now. (Reposting w/correct caption)
December 12, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Still going with 1.5 hours of sleep
December 4, 2024 at 11:11 AM
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December 1, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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November 28, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Almost there 👀
November 30, 2024 at 2:46 PM
November 29, 2024 at 8:19 AM
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November 27, 2024 at 9:48 PM