SEOUL -- During the worst days of COVID-19, a calm, bespectacled woman in her mid-50s regularly stood in front of TV cameras in South Korea, white roots starting to overgrow her usually dyed black hair.
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Jeong Eun Kyeong speaks during a news conference in Cheongju, South Korea in 2021. Jeong was the face of the government's COVID-19 pandemic response. © Kyodo
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