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Yoojin Lee

Reporter · US

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Sep 28, 2026
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Jul 14, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Yoojin Lee

    Korean War veterans return to a South Korea they hardly recognize (opens the original)

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    Korean War veteran Richard Hopkins wears his Korea Revisit Ambassador medal at the Ambassador hotel in Seoul, South Korea, Sept. 18, 2026. (Alejandro Carrasquel/Stars and Stripes) SEOUL, South Korea — Seventy-three years after fighting in a devastated South Korea, Marine veteran Patrick Finn returned this month to a country he could hardly have imagined while exhausted, dirty and frightened on the battlefield. Finn, of Minneapolis, served as a corporal with 1st Battalion, 5th Marines during the

  2. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Yoojin Lee

    Yongsan’s Second Hand Rose thrift shop to close after nearly 40 years (opens the original)

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    Volunteer Linda Lee helps a customer at Second Hand Rose Thrift Shop on Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, South Korea, Sept. 9, 2026. (Yoojin Lee/Stars and Stripes) YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea — A thrift store that served generations of U.S. military families and donated proceeds to scholarships and local charities will close at month’s end after nearly four decades in Seoul. Second Hand Rose Thrift Shop is shuttering because of deterioration of its building, which is owned by the U.S. Embassy, v

  3. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Yoojin Lee

    Still time as summer wanes to try the kongguksu at this Seoul landmark (opens the original)

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    A lunchtime line at Jinju Hoegwan is around the block on Aug. 13, 2026. (Yoojin Lee/Stars and Stripes) Protein lovers still have time to try the Korean summer favorite, kongguksu — “bean noodles” in Korean — made with a cold, creamy broth from ground yellow soybeans. At Jinju Hoegwan, a one-story restaurant a short walk from Seoul Station, the only item on the menu in warm months is kongguksu. Two entrances make for easy entry and exit, and lunchtime waits can stretch to 30 minutes. Customers pa

  4. Article · Aug 11, 2026 · Yoojin Lee, Keishi Koja

    North Korean missile reaches 56-mile altitude before falling west of Hokkaido (opens the original)

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    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observes a missile launch in this undated photo from the state-run Korean Central News Agency. (KCNA) By YOOJIN LEE and KEISHI KOJA STARS AND STRIPES North Korea launched a ballistic missile early Wednesday that flew about 430 miles off its eastern coast before falling outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, according to South Korean and Japanese defense officials. South Korea’s military detected the launch from the Wonsan area at about 6 a.m., the Ministry of Na

  5. Article · Aug 10, 2026 · Yoojin Lee

    US, South Korea search seabed for Korean War aircraft and missing troops (opens the original)

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    C-46D Commando transports sit on a Korean flight line in this undated photo. (U.S. Air Force) U.S. and South Korean recovery teams are searching waters off the Korean Peninsula for wreckage from three U.S. military aircraft that crashed during the Korean War, hoping to find evidence that could help account for troops still missing more than seven decades later. The operation involves MAKRI — the South Korean Ministry of National Defense Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification — and DPAA — the

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