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Michelle Ye Hee Lee
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Covering Northeast Asia at @WashingtonPost. [email protected]. Not here much anymore. Find me at myhlee.bsky.social
Tokyo/Seoul
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Born June 13
Joined October 2008
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    Michelle Ye Hee Lee
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    Apr 7, 2025
    New: Our deep-dive into life in Hyesan, a North Korean border city close to China, to learn how the few freedoms North Koreans enjoyed have vanished since the pandemic. The Post partnered with @API_official @ishimarujiro to reach three Hyesan residents.
    How the few freedoms North Koreans enjoyed have vanished since the pandemic
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    Michelle Ye Hee Lee
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    Apr 10, 2024
    The best part of South Korean election night: the graphics.
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    Michelle Ye Hee Lee
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    Sep 20, 2021
    Nearly 1 million people watched the U.N. General Assembly online — when K-pop band @BTS_twt took the podium.
    More than 1 million people watched the U.N. General Assembly online — when K-pop band BTS took to...
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    Michelle Ye Hee Lee
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    Mar 17, 2021
    To all the Asian American and Pacific Islander journalists logging on/showing up to work this morning, feeling shook, horrified, exhausted and invisible, I see you and you’re not alone. 1/
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    Michelle Ye Hee Lee
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    Sep 11, 2020
    I am fewer than thrilled about this
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    Michelle Ye Hee Lee
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    Nov 15, 2020
    How it started How it’s going
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    Michelle Ye Hee Lee
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    Jul 31, 2021
    Leaving the restaurant at 8pm per guidelines under Tokyo state of emergency, and yet … still a full house. Some people got seated minutes ago. Most people here are watching the Japan-NZ men’s Olympic soccer quarterfinals.
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    Michelle Ye Hee Lee
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    Oct 31, 2022
    Been thinking about young South Koreans the past few days. The generation being shaped by two gruesome national tragedies with horrific death tolls, a pandemic, a housing crisis, widening income inequality — all while growing up in a rising global economy.
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    Michelle Ye Hee Lee
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    Dec 7, 2020
    New: The Georgia Secretary of State on Monday said the office would re-certify the state’s election results, which would reaffirm Biden’s victory after a second statewide recount of presidential votes. The presidential ballots in Georgia have now been counted three times.
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    Michelle Ye Hee Lee
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    Dec 3, 2024
    It took only ~2.5 hrs for the National Assembly to gather a majority of members (190 of 300) and generate a unanimous vote (190 of 190) to vote down the emergency martial law. The law says the president "shall comply" with parliament's vote, but doesn't specify a time frame.
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    Michelle Ye Hee Lee
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    Jul 8, 2022
    Can't overstate how shocking this shooting is -- not only because Abe is very popular and prominent, but also because gun violence is extremely rare incident in Japan, a country with some of the world's strictest gun laws.
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    Michelle Ye Hee Lee
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    Nov 22, 2020
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    Georgia state law does not require the requesting candidate to pay for the recount -- which means Georgia taxpayers will once again finance this machine recount of hand-recounted ballots.
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    Michelle Ye Hee Lee
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    Jul 31, 2020
    NEW: Postal Service is experiencing days-long backlogs across the country after a top Trump donor running the agency put in new procedures. Workers warn it could undermine their ability to deliver ballots on time for November. W/⁦@jacobbogage⁩
    Postal Service backlog sparks worries that ballot delivery could be delayed in November
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    Michelle Ye Hee Lee
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    Oct 13, 2020
    Harris County, the most populous county in Texas, just set a new record for voter turnout on a single day of early voting -- 109,000 ballots cast, with 2 hours left until polls close for the day, per @HarrisVotes.