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  • Co-Host, The Lazarus Heist Podcast
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Presidential Chair @EastWestCenter, co-host of @BBC's #LazarusHeist and former AP Pyongyang bureau chief. Find me on IG: @newsjean

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Jean H. Lee is a journalist and a Seoul-based Global Fellow with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.

Lee is a former Associated Press bureau chief who led the news agency’s coverage of the Korean Peninsula from 2008 to 2013. In 2011, she became the first American reporter granted extensive access on the ground in North Korea. In January 2012, she opened AP’s Pyongyang bureau, the only Western text/photo news outlet based in the North Korean capital, and bec…

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South Korea election in the midst of North Korean provocation. @GordonGChang @newsjean

South Korea election in the midst of North Korean provocation. @GordonGChang @newsjean

South Korea election in the midst of North Korean provocation. @GordonGChang @newsjean on the John Batchelor …

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North Korea rebukes U.S. as Navy strike group advances

North Korea rebukes U.S. as Navy strike group advances

North Korea marked its most important holiday today -- the Day of the Sun, which commemorates the birthday of…

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North Korea's Palace Intrigue

North Korea's Palace Intrigue

Though he once appeared as the favorite to succeed his father, Kim Jong-nam began living abroad in exile afte…

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News Wrap: Chemical weapon killed Kim Jong Un's half-brother

News Wrap: Chemical weapon killed Kim Jong Un's half-brother

In our news wrap Friday, Malaysian toxicologists have determined that a chemical weapon was used to assassina…

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N Korean Diplomat Now a Suspect in Death of Kim Jong Nam, Newsday - BBC World Service

N Korean Diplomat Now a Suspect in Death of Kim Jong Nam, Newsday - BBC World Service

Malaysia: N Korean diplomat is a suspect behind the killing of Kim Jong Nam.

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Exiled Half-Brother Of North Korean Leader Reported Dead In Malaysia

Exiled Half-Brother Of North Korean Leader Reported Dead In Malaysia

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Jean Lee of the Wilson Center about reports of the apparent assassination of …

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Powerful Twin Earthquakes Hammer Venezuela, Killing at Least 164

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By Babak Dehghanpisheh Verified, Joe Kottke, Jean Lee
| TODAY Verified
A pair of powerful earthquakes slammed Venezuela less than a minute apart Wednesday evening, collapsing buildings in the capital, Caracas, and leaving at least 164 people dead. At least 971 people were also injured, Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said early Thursday following the temblors, updating an initial toll from an address to state media hours earlier.
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After Auburn student goes missing in Japan, family fears he's ‘emotionally distressed'

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By David K. Li Verified, Jean Lee
| KNTV-TV (San Jose, CA) Verified
Getty Images Alabama, Auburn University, Samford Hall Clock Tower. An Auburn University engineering student went missing in Japan, his family and officials said Wednesday, and loved ones feared he could be “emotionally distressed.” James “Weston” Higginbotham, 20, was last seen Friday in Kyoto, his mother, Nancy Higginbotham, said in a statement. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are “Unfortunately, the authorities did not find Weston today,” she said in a statement posted late Wednesday.
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Harvard scientist's visa was unlawfully canceled, judge finds

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By Jean Lee
| Yahoo Verified
Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born scientist who was a researcher at Harvard University. (Polina Pugacheva / AP) (Polina Pugacheva) A federal judge in Vermont ruled that Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova’s visa was unlawfully canceled after she was detained at an airport over biological samples she was carrying, handing her a key legal victory in a case that has raised questions about the limits of government power at the border.
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