Shim Hyun-chul has been a photojournalist for The Korea Times since 2006, covering news events throughout the country. He is committed to strict journalism ethics, and it has never changed since his first day in the newsroom. He has covered four presidential elections, two Olympic Games and countless daily assignments around the world. When he is not at work, he plays tennis. Shim is also a certified lifeguard by YMCA International, which means he can actually save lives.
Nepal plane crash
A lamp lighting ceremony in remembrance of victims of a plane crash is attended by college students in Kathmandu, Nepal, Jan. 16, 2023. The plane operated by Nepal's Yeti Airlines was flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara with 68 passengers and four crew members on board, when it went down into the Seti River gorge on Sunday, and 68 bodies had been recovered from the crash site. Xinhua
By Shim Hyun-chul
A helicopter carrying bodies of victims of a plane crash arrives in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. Nepalese authorities on Tuesday began returning to families the bodies of victims of a flight that crashed Sunday, and said they were sending the aircraft's data recorder to France for analysis as they try to determine what caused the country's deadliest plane accident in 30 years. AP
Wreckage of a passenger plane lies near the airport, in Pokhara, Nepal, Monday, Jan.16, 2023. AP
People watch rescuers work at the site of plane crash in Pokhara, Nepal, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. AP
Rescue teams work to retrieve bodies from the wreckage at the crash site of an aircraft carrying 72 people in Pokhara in western Nepal January 15, 2023. REUTERS
A rescue team recovers the body of a victim from the site of the plane crash of a Yeti Airlines operated aircraft, in Pokhara, Nepal January 16, 2023. REUTERS
A woman cries as the body of a relative, victim of a plane crash, is brought to a hospital in Pokhara, Nepal, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. AP
A rescue team works to recover the body of a victim from the site of the plane crash of a Yeti Airlines operated aircraft, in Pokhara, Nepal January 16, 2023. REUTERS
A member of Nepal Army works to recover the body of a victim from the site of the plane crash of a Yeti Airlines operated aircraft, in Pokhara, Nepal January 16, 2023. REUTERS
A rescue team recovers the body of a victim from the site of the plane crash of a Yeti Airlines operated aircraft, in Pokhara, Nepal January 16, 2023. REUTERS
Family members and relatives of victims who died in a Yeti Airlines plane crash, weep outside a hospital in Pokhara on January 16, 2023. AFP
Rescue workers recover the body of a victim of a passenger plane that crashed in Pokhara, Nepal, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. AP
Ambulances carrying the bodies of the victims of the plane crash of a Yeti Airlines operated aircraft, heads towards the morgue from the airport upon its arrival in Kathmandu, Nepal January 17, 2023. REUTERS
Family members receive the body of a victim of Sunday's plane crash in Pokhara, Nepal, Monday, Jan 16, 2023. AP
Nepal's national flag flows at half mast at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. AP