{
  "id": 17172746,
  "title": "Kookmin University researcher, student win Global Youth Award",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/kookmin-university-researcher-student-win-global-youth-award",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T04:12:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/education/20261030/kookmin-university-researcher-student-win-global-youth-award"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two individuals from Kookmin University have been recognized with the 2026 WeGO Global Youth Award at the Sustainable Smart City Champions Session held during Smart Life Week 2026. Ra Min-su, a researcher at the Global Development Cooperation Institute, and Ji Ye-jun, a senior at the Kookmin International Business School, were honored for their contributions to sustainable urban development. Ji is also actively involved in the university's HUSS (Humanities and Social Sciences) Global Symbiosis Project. The award ceremony took place on October 7th at Coex in Seoul, as part of Smart Life Week 2026, which was co-hosted by the World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO) and the Seoul Metropolitan Government. WeGO is an international organization dedicated to promoting smart and sustainable urban development through collaboration among various stakeholders.",
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}