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Hello! My name is Seulgi, I'm a data journalist from Seoul, South Korea. I use data and graphics to tell stories about complex, often misunderstood issues in our society. I got started writing community dispatches, authoring realtime updates on public health protocols. I'm currently living in New York City and studying at Columbia University's Graduate program in Data Journalism, graduating in summer 2026.

In my work you'll find data-driven insights on urgent questions and topics affecting South Korea, like our relationship with the North; the question of representation in our entertainment; and the way history and memory in our literature can shape the Korean future.

I'm passionate about the current issues affecting all communities in South Korea and beyond. I'm drawn to issues which too often remain lost in the shadows. Please contact me at seulgi.jung1109@gmail.com for assignments, appearances, or just to chat!

Contact: seulgi.jung1109@gmail.com


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The photo of Han Kang

When History Answers You After 44 Years

This piece explores how the work of Han Kang, the 2024 Nobel Prize laureate in Literature, reached her contemporary readers and fellow citizens when the unprecedented martial law was activated by the modern tyrant Yoon Seok-yeol.

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Is North Korea Preparing for a War?

I got a hint for this project from a presentation by Mr. Suh Jae-jeong, a professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at International Christian University, clearing the North's true intention amid the current security crisis on the Korean peninsula. I used Mapbox Scrollytelling template and added some structural changes using Javascript. Satellite images were gained from Google Earth.

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Stereotypes in Media: The COVID-19 Pandemic Inflames Troubling Discourse on Joseonjok

I covered a soaring xenophobic phenomenon in Korea, singularly targeting Korean Chinese, called joseon-jok. I used Selenium to scrape data and Python to refine it. The graph was created with free Javascript source, and ai2html & Scrollama were used for the other graphic. Korean translation is available for this piece.

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