{
  "id": 20062557,
  "title": "[K-ART FOCUS] For Seok Chang-woo, painting opened world beyond his dreams",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/k-art-focus-for-seok-chang-woo-painting-opened-world-beyond-his-dreams-20062557",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T22:27:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/arts-theater/20261115/k-art-focus-for-seok-chang-woo-painting-opened-world-beyond-his-dreams"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On a gloomy October afternoon in 1984, Seok Chang-woo, a 29-year-old electrical technician with a young family, found himself in a shocking accident. While inspecting electrical equipment at his workplace, he suddenly lost consciousness after being electrocuted by an alarming 22,900 volts. Seok was rushed to the hospital, where he endured a grueling year and a half of treatment. Unfortunately, the ordeal left him without both arms and two toes. Four years later, on February 1, 1988, Seok's four-year-old son approached his mother with a drawing pad, requesting that she teach him how to draw a bird. Intrigued by his daughter's request, Seok's mother urged her husband to teach his child. As she hurried into Seok's hospital room, she witnessed him skillfully fitting a pencil into the hook of his prosthetic arm, beginning to draw an eagle from a bird guide. Seok's son beamed with excitement, exclaiming, \"Wow, Dad, it looks like a real bird.\" Encouraged by his son's enthusiasm, Seok's artistic journey took off. Initially, Seok drew various birds and cartoon characters, but his talent soon extended to figure drawing and expansive abstractions, executed through his entire body.",
  "summary": "It was lunchtime on Oct. 29, 1984. Seok Chang-woo, a 29-year-old electrical technician with a young daughter and a newborn son, was inspecting electrical equipment at work. He climbed up to clean one remaining spot, then everything went blank. When he regained consciousness, he was in intensive care. Electrocuted by an astonishing 22,900 volts, Seok was hospitalized for a year and a half and lost…",
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  "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."
}