{"id":2630,"date":"2026-06-23T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/?p=2630"},"modified":"2026-06-18T04:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T04:13:07","slug":"same-night-different-words-joshua-lees-%ea%b7%b8%ec%a0%80-%eb%b9%9b%eb%82%98%eb%a9%b4-%eb%8f%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/same-night-different-words-joshua-lees-%ea%b7%b8%ec%a0%80-%eb%b9%9b%eb%82%98%eb%a9%b4-%eb%8f%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Same Night, Different Words: Joshua Lee&#8217;s &#8216;\uadf8\uc800 \ube5b\ub098\uba74 \ub3fc&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are artists who write in two languages and treat each as a translation of the other. Joshua Lee is not one of them. 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