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Andrew Jeong

Andrew Jeong is a journalist based in Seoul. He was previously a staff writer at the Washington Post and a North Korea reporter for the Wall Street Journal. He can be reached at [email protected].

Jeju’s green energy dream faces its biggest fossil fuel test yet

As South Korea’s carbon neutral testbed weighs new gas plants, the island confronts limits of its renewable ambitions

Andrew JeongJuly 28, 2026

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