{
  "id": 17176218,
  "title": "Kookmin University researcher, student win Global Youth Award",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/kookmin-university-researcher-student-win-global-youth-award-17176218",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T04:47:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/education/20261030/kookmin-university-researcher-student-win-global-youth-award"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Two individuals from Kookmin University have been honored with the 2026 WeGO Global Youth Award at the Sustainable Smart City Champions Session 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, received the prestigious award on October 7. Ji is also involved with the university’s HUSS (Humanities and Social Sciences) Global Symbiosis Project. The World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO) organizes the event as part of Smart Life Week 2026, which is co-hosted by WeGO and the Seoul Metropolitan Government. WeGO aims to promote smart and sustainable urban development through collaboration among various stakeholders worldwide.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}