Choi Won-suk is a photojournalist at The Korea Times. Before joining the newspaper, he also worked as a photojournalist with AFP and St. Joseph News-Press in Missouri. He spent 13 years in the United States, graduating with a Bachelor of Journalism degree (Cum Laude) from the University of Missouri - Columbia and a Master of Arts in Photography from Ohio University - Athens. Over the past 11 years, Choi covered various news events such as presidential elections, the 2019 North Korea-United States Hanoi Summit and 2022 Qatar World Cup. But above all, Choi believes in local journalism and finds a lot of joy telling life stories of ordinary citizens in small neighborhoods.
Women, life, freedom
An Iranian national raises their hand with a message that reads in Farsi, "Liberty," during a protest against the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini, in front of the Universidad de Chile building in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. The 22-year-old, who died in Iran while in police custody, was arrested by Iran's morality police for allegedly violating its strictly-enforced dress code. AP
By Choi Won-suk
People protest against the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died while in police custody in Iran, in front of the Iranian embassy in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in Iran while in police custody, was arrested by Iran's morality police for allegedly violating its strictly-enforced dress code. AP
People protest against the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died while in police custody in Iran, in front of the Iranian embassy in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. AP
A picture obtained by AFP outside Iran, shows people gathering next to a burning motorcycle in the capital Tehran on October 8, 2022. - Iran has been torn by the biggest wave of social unrest in almost three years, which has seen protesters, including university students and even young schoolgirls chant "Woman, Life, Freedom". AFP
Eighteen months old Kian, accompanies his parents during a rally against the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini, in front of the Chilean Human Rights Institute building in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. AP
Woman pose with locks of their own hair after cutting them during a protest on October 1, 2022 in Rome, following the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in Iran. AFP
An Iranian woman cuts a lock of her hair during a rally against the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini, in front of the Chilean Human Rights Institute building in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. AP
People protest against the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died while in police custody in Iran, during a rally in central Rome, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. AP
Protesters participate in the global protest against the Iranian regime, 'The time has come', in Rome, Italy, 01 October 2022. EPA
People protest against the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini, in Zurich, Switzerland, on Saturday Oct. 1, 2022. AP
Protesters carries poster with portraits of victims, among them Mahsa Amini (C), during a 'Solidarity with the civil uprising in Iran' rally at Bebel Platz square in Berlin, Germany, 01 October 2022. EPA
A woman performs during a protest against the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini, in Zurich, Switzerland, 01 October 2022. EPA
Kawther Fatahi, 33, from Bokan poses for a photograph on Sept. 28, 2022. She is been living in Iraqi Kurdistan for 10 years. Iran has accused Kurdish opposition groups in exile of orchestrating the wave of protests across the country over the past two weeks. But Kurdish activists say the government is just trying to scapegoat them to distract from the domestic anger fueling the unrest. AP
People protest against the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in Iran while in police custody, was arrested by Iran's morality police for allegedly violating its strictly-enforced dress code. AP
Demonstrators mach during a protest for Mahsa Amini who died in custody of Iran's morality police, in front of the Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles, California, on October 1, 2022. AFP
Iranian American artist Samy Rose, left, drops theatrical blood on her head, after Yadviga Krasovskaya from Belarus, cut her hair during a rally in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. AP
A woman dances during a protest against the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. AP
A protestor shouts slogans during a demonstration against the Iranian regime and in support of Iranian women, after young Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini died after being arrested in Tehran by the Islamic Republic's morality police, in Istanbul on October 2, 2022. AFP
A woman holds an artistic depiction of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died while in police custody in Iran, during a protest against her death, outside the Iranian embassy in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Oct.1, 2022.