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Anna Kook
@annakook
Emmy-awarded reporter @ajplus @aaja @Cornell grad @MedillSchool master's | you can call me 희경 or 希京 It's the Korean 'han' and ‘jung’ in me
New York
Joined September 2012
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    In absolute disbelief to be nominated alongside such talented journalists🥳 Thank you so much to my team at @ajplus for supporting and believing in me
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    In the video, Bisan finds dozens of USA labeled shells among the rubble. I visually verified through research the labels on the casings do indeed indicate they contained U.S. manufactured toxic weapons the Israeli forces used to destroy the buildings.
    @wizardbisan finds devastation on an almost unimaginable scale when she returns to Khan Younis. As more than 80% of buildings have been destroyed, she spends time with the Palestinians who are trying to make homes among used bullet casings and bomb shells.
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    didn't even realize my tiktok video was going viral on twitter
    this is insane oh my goodness
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    My latest explainer on Kerala’s response to COVID. Learned so much about this fascinating Indian state while producing this!
    How did a small communist-led state in India flatten the curve ahead of the rest of India and the U.S.?
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    Replying to @annakook
    Producing this latest Bisan report of destruction from Khan Younis, I found myself repeating the same sentiment as @wizardbisan says in the video: “this cannot be real.” Truly post-apocalyptic.
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    Replying to @AliaMalika20
    I'm a journalist with @ajplus and if you are open to it, I want to interview you on this incident. Please send me a DM when you can!
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    My latest reporting on how so many immigrants, including Asian Americans, have almost no choice but to living in dangerous, illegal basement apartments.
    Basement apartments in New York City turned into death traps during Hurricane Ida, filling with water in minutes. Yet immigrants are forced to live underground, despite unsafe conditions, due to a lack of affordable housing in the city.
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    As an Asian living in the U.S., I couldn't ignore the rise of violence against the AAPI community that breaks my heart. Too often, Asian voices are not amplified in the media but it's time that changed. #StopAsianHate #StopAAPIHate #AsianAmericans
    This Filipino American man was slashed across his face with a knife while standing on a New York City subway platform. He is one of the latest victims of a spike of attacks against Asian Americans.
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    I'm not surprised Cop City activists have been arrested for "domestic terrorism." Atlanta's politicians openly told me in an interview here since September they were investigating forest defenders as domestic terrorists.
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    Replying to @annakook
    Korean solidarity on display as well — sign says from the river to the sea Palestine will be free
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    @wizardbisan and our AJ+ Reports team won a PEABODY for the reporting from Gaza!!! Amid this honor, Bisan is enduring bombardment in Rafah. Fleeing city from city, for the past seven months Bisan has tirelessly documented the everyday realities of Palestinians. And it's ongoing.
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    Replying to @powkang and @angryasianman
    This is also how you know there were 0 Asians working on their team
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    #AAPI representation at the May Day solidarity protest in NYC. This home attendant says she wants the country to stop using their resources to help Israel bomb Gaza
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    Confused about what's happening in Gaza? It's okay, it's not too late to educate yourself on the Palestinians living under Israeli apartheid. Watch this informational explainer to understand.