{
  "id": 18383458,
  "title": "[FRIENDS OF KOREA] An American teenager in Seoul in 1967",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/friends-of-korea-an-american-teenager-in-seoul-in-1967",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T22:12:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/globalcommunity/20261106/friends-of-korea-an-american-teenager-in-seoul-in-1967"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In August 1966, an American family of ten - comprising their parents and eight children aged between one and fifteen - embarked on a journey to Seoul. The family, which had recently relocated from Ohio, was greeted by the first volunteers of the Peace Corps K-1 at Kimpo Airport. The older children attended the Seoul Foreign School (SFS) in Yeonhui-dong, located behind Yonsei University. The school's founders were among the same missionaries who had established Yonsei University, including the Underwoods, Allens, and Avisons. A statue of Horace Grant Underwood, the first Peace Corps country director for Korea, stands in front of one of Yonsei's buildings. As young and unfamiliar with the world, the children initially found their father's announcement of their move to Korea, which they had initially thought to be Berea, Ohio, rather exciting.",
  "summary": "I was 13 when our family of 10 (mom, dad and eight kids ranging in age from 1 to 15) arrived at Kimpo Airport in August 1966. We arrived a bit prior to the first volunteers of the Peace Corps K-1, because our school started in early September. The older kids attended Seoul Foreign School (SFS) in Yeonhui-dong, behind Yonsei University. In fact, the founders of our school were some of the same…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}