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Data Journalism · Digital Special2018
One Root, Two Koreas
A data journalism project published 3 days before the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit (April 27). Compared the language, economy, population, and culture of North and South Korea after 70 years of division through interactive graphics. Planned and reported by Jeong Won-yeop.
Challenge
With the inter-Korean summit imminent, what readers needed wasn't breaking news but context: "how different have we become in 70 years?" The challenge was to bring scattered statistics together into a single interactive piece.
Approach
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Collected major North-South indicators across 70 years of division — language, economy, population, daily life, and military2
Structured as interactive comparison graphics with a scroll narrative format3
Designed so both sides of the peninsula could be compared at a glance4
Published 3 days before the summit (April 27) — positioned as a context piece in the news cycleOutcome
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Reader traffic concentrated as a context piece ahead of the summit✓
Completed the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit digital package alongside the Panmunjom 3D series✓
Panmunjom & Two Koreas series: 1.1M+ cumulative PVTags
DataJournalismInteractiveInterKoreanRelationsDigitalSpecialJoongAngIlbo