{
  "id": 5945677,
  "title": "지구 한 바퀴를 걸어도 살이 안 빠지는 남자",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/story-5945677",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-06T07:05:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hankyoreh",
    "slug": "hankyoreh",
    "url": "https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion/column/1276482.html"
  },
  "original_language": "ko",
  "account": "There is a man who walks around the Earth without losing weight. He stopped working at his company last year and has been walking around the globe with crutches for the past eight years. He started his walking journey in Pyeongchang County, Gyeonggi-do, and has now reached Alaska and Yukon in Canada. His YouTube channel, \"CrazyFootstep,\" features gripping events, dramatic statements, and typical food vlogs of foreign restaurants. The man walks in a sea of never-ending videos, gaining subscribers and receiving countless comments on YouTube. While the scenery changes, it quickly becomes uninteresting, and it is the man who makes the repetitive landscapes special. The locals treat him as a foreign traveler, but they go above and beyond, offering coffee, cold water, and even extra ice cubes. At a convenience store in Japan, he received two bottles of sake instead of one. In a roadside fruit market in Gifu, he received two oranges. In a market in Miyagi, he received a generous helping of a local snack and even a cold, refreshing drink. When he returned the leftover items in Alaska, the cafe owner gave him a new drink and a larger one. On the highways of the US and Canada, cars stopped to watch him. Residents of the cars they passed made a point of eating their food to fill his empty stomach and gave him delighted smiles. He has uploaded 62 videos, and people continue to visit him, just like neighbors stopping by on a winding path. The kindness of strangers can be overwhelming, but it is what keeps him going. He walks 20 kilometers a day, yet he does not lose weight. A man from South Korea who went on a backpacking trip in Japan disappeared three years ago, and there have been multiple news stories about similar incidents. The stranger's help in the vast world is often overlooked, but the kindness and support of neighbors along the way provide the strength needed to continue walking. The man does not claim that the world is a place to live in, but he is reminded that it is the simple acts of kindness from strangers that keep him going.",
  "summary": null,
  "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."
}