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'Life is full of gratitude': Yoo Yeol on the six months that 'rebooted' his life

Yoo Yeol, a Korean singer who in 2024 received a lung transplant, said Wednesday at the Global Business Forum, organized by The Korea Herald and Herald Business, he is living life anew since his battle with a rare cancer. The 65-year-old singer was diagnosed nine years ago with pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis, a rare progressive lung disease with no known cause or cure. By May 2024, his weight had dropped from 65 to 41 kilograms, and a bout of influenza pushed him into respiratory failure. The