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Jason StrotherJS

Jason Strother

Reporter Jason Strother is a freelance multimedia journalist who has reported from both sides of the Korean peninsula since moving to Seoul in 2006.He makes frequent work trips around Asia and has also filed from Brazil. He got his start in the business as a producer at a 24-hour cable news channel in the Bronx, but always wanted the life of a foreign correspondent.  He is also an adjunct professor of journalism at Montclair State University in his home state of New Jersey. 
A cozy room with an open door and window, featuring a wooden chair with patterned cushions, a table covered with a white cloth, a painting on the wall, and a potted plant on the windowsill.
Lifestyle
Housing affordability around the world
5:41
Government steps in to boost population amid expensive apartments in Seoul
5:53
South Korea tries financial incentives to cut down on food waste
5:41
Former South Korean president sentenced to life for attempted insurrection
5:40
Seoul’s board game ban hits aging residents hard
5:53
Arts
Tattoo artists in South Korea anticipate lifting of restrictions with mixed emotions
4:53
Tattoo artists in South Korea anticipate lifting of restrictions with mixed emotions
4:53
Foreign policy
In South Korea, it’s getting harder to push for human rights in North Korea
5:43
Absence of US funding in South Korea could put democracy at risk
5:43
Music
Big Ocean breaks barriers as the first K-pop group whose members are hard of hearing
5:42
A K-pop band performs in sign language
5:42
15 years after Sri Lanka’s war, disabled vets hit hardest by climate disaster
6:33
Climate Change
Climate change could retrigger trauma in Sri Lanka
6:33
Students in South Korea prepare for college in the US
6:00
The World's Global Classroom
To prepare for college in the US, some South Korean students receive an international education close to home 
6:00
Not your usual guided tour of Korea’s heavily fortified DMZ
6:45
Conflict & Justice
A North Korean refugee offers a different view of his home country from the other side of the DMZ
6:45
Climate change disasters hit the most vulnerable the hardest
North Korea opens doors for coronavirus vaccines
South Korea wants more babies, but only in traditional families 
South Korea reports record number of COVID-19 cases
COVID-19 and living with a disability
Sea-level rise and storms made stronger by climate change threaten communities across coastal Bangladesh.
Climate Change
‘They forgot about me’: People with disabilities in Bangladesh face increased risk during natural disasters
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, Kim Jong-un speaks in a conference with chief secretaries of the city and county party committees in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, March 6, 2020. 
COVID-19
North Korea to reopen its borders for the coronavirus vaccine
Kim Ju-won (left) and Park Sun-min (right) say same-sex couples are excluded from incentives to start families. 
Lifestyle & Belief
South Korea’s baby boost for married couples excludes nontraditional families
 Baek Jae-wook is a teenager with an autistic spectrum disorder and earned barista certifications from the Jayeondo Cafe in Incheon.
South Korean activists renew call for deinstitutionalizing people with disabilities amid coronavirus
A worker dressed in white protective gear disinfects as a precaution against the coronavirus at a café in Goyang, South Korea, Aug. 25, 2020.  
To quell COVID-19 outbreak, South Korea bans seating at big cafés
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, with a white suit and black flat-top hair style, speaks at a conference table.
Natural disasters
Typhoon Bavi strikes North Korea amid pandemic lockdown 
A church with two steeples with green tips in the distance
COVID-19
South Koreans are blaming a controversial church for new COVID-19 outbreak
Hong Seo-yoon says travel is a great way to bring down barriers between people with disabilities and the nondisabled.
Lifestyle & Belief
Bringing down barriers for travelers with disabilities in Korea
Mayor Park Won-soon speaks during an event at Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea, July 8, 2020.
Seoul mayor’s progressive legacy called into question after his death
A woman and a man hold signs and candles lit up in the dark outside
Protest
How violent protests in South Korea became a thing of the past
Protesters in Seoul rallied in support of the Black Lives Matter Movement on June 6,
Protest
America’s BLM protests find solidarity in South Korea
Quarantine worker spray disinfectants at a night club on the night spots in the Itaewon neighborhood, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Seoul, South Korea, May 12, 2020.
South Korea’s coronavirus contact tracing puts LGBTQ community under surveillance, critics say
A teacher gives an online class at school, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Seoul, South Korea, April 9, 2020. 
Education
South Korean high school seniors are eager to return to the classroom
A woman feeds her child as they prepare to watch a movie from their car at a temporary made drive-in theater while keeping social distancing following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Seoul, South Korea, March 27, 2020.
COVID-19
South Korean movie fans watch the big screen from behind their windshields  
Voters line up to cast ballots outside in South Korea
COVID-19
Millions of South Korean voters head to the polls amid COVID-19 pandemic
Arrivals at Incheon International Airport are directed by staff in protective gear.
COVID-19
South Korea flattened the curve. Now what?
People wearing masks stand in a line to buy face masks in front of a drug store amid the rise in confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease of COVID-19 in Daegu, South Korea, March 3, 2020.
COVID-19
Is South Korea’s approach to containing coronavirus a model for the rest of the world?
American man wearing dark blue suit speaks at podium standing next to Korean man wearing dark blue suit.
Military
North Korea threats loom over tension between the US and South Korea
karaoke
Lifestyle
Why are so many Korean karaoke joints going silent?
two women read audio descriptions for a theater
Arts, Culture & Media
Visually impaired non-English speakers face accessibility language barrier at the movies
a bowl of Naengmyeon, cold noodles that originates from North Korea
Food
One winner from the Inter-Korean summits? Cold noodle soup.
a woman with her left leg amputated at the knee sits in a doorway
Climate Change
For Filipinos with disabilities, climate change and natural disasters are a dangerous mix
giant red balloon dragon
Arts, Culture & Media
How balloons gave a blind South Korean artist his life back
A painting is seen around the site where a shell landed during the 2010 North Korean attack
Conflict & Justice
On the anniversary of the Korean War, renewed hope emerges
Presiden Donald Trump and leader Kim Jung-un meet at a historic summit.
Global Politics
After Trump-Kim summit, South Koreans hope peace will prevail
two men shake hands
Global Politics
Why some South Koreans feel more positive about Kim Jong-un
Yoo In-sik in his repair shop in Seoul. Yoo was one of South Korea's first Winter Paralympians.
Sports
A Korean Paralympic skier says other skiers cheer him on now. It didn’t used to be that way.
The delegation and the team of North Korea arrive at The Paralympic Village in Pyeongchang, South Korea, wearing red jumpsuits, March 8, 2018.
Sports
North Korea’s debut at Paralympics could signal improvements for citizens with disabilities