Often found at theaters and museums, Kwon Mee-yoo has covered a wide range of cultural fields from K-pop and dramas to theater and fine art for over a decade. Now as K-Culture Desk editor, she tries to connect Korean culture with global readers through fresh perspectives.
Korea Times photojournalist wins award
Korea Times photographer Shim Hyun-chul, right, receives an award from Korea Press Photographers' Association (KPPA) Chairman Lee Ho-jae of the Seoul Economic Daily during a ceremony at the Korea Press Center in central Seoul, Nov. 3. Shim won in the Best Portrait Photo category of the KPPA's 248th monthly press photography contest for his photo of Ryu Young-joon, a pathologist and professor at Kangwon National University College of Medicine who is known for blowing the whistle on disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-seok's fabricated stem cell research in 2006. Courtesy of Korea Press Photographers' Association
By Kwon Mee-yoo
Ryu Young-joon, a pathologist and professor at Kangwon National University College of Medicine, stands in front of a microscope during an interview with The Korea Times on Monday at the university's hospital in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province. Ryu blew the whistle on disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-seok and revealed Hwang's fabricated stem cell research. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul