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.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Vendors dressed in festive attire prepare cotton candy on the first day of the Christmas market at Huangpu district in Shanghai, Wednesday. AFP-Yonhap
By Choi Won-suk
A social media photo zone is set up near a merry-go-round on the Christmas market in Frankfurt, Germany, Nov. 25. AP-Yonhap
A girl rides on a merry-go-round at a Christmas market in Frankfurt, Germany, Nov. 24. AP-Yonhap
A dog takes part in the Rescue Dogs of London and Friends Christmas Jumper Parade in London, Saturday. AP-Yonhap
People are reflected in a Christmas tree ornament as they visit Trump Tower in New York City, Nov. 23. Reuters-Yonhap
A view of the Christmas market near the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, Nov. 17. EPA-Yonhap
Workers put together a Christmas tree at Union Station in Washington, D.C., Wednesday. AFP-Yonhap
A performer in costume greets spectators during a Christmas parade in Santiago, Chile, Nov. 23. AFP-Yonhap
An participant in an elf costume playfully threatens to bite the Gingerbread Man as the group waits to begin their parade at a Christmas market in downtown Lisbon, Portugal, Sunday. AP-Yonhap
A performer wearing a Snow Queen costume walks through the garden of the Christmas House of the Gollnhuber family in Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria, Saturday. Reuters-Yonhap
Christmas snow globes are on display after the official opening of the Christmas market in downtown Bucharest, Romania, Saturday. EPA-Yonhap
A man and a child pose for a photo with Christmas lights in Medellin, Colombia, Thursday. The full display includes 8 million light bulbs, 600 kilometers of light tubing and 25,000 figures woven by 150 artisans. AFP-Yonhap
The opening night of "The Light Before Christmas" by Luxmaralis artist Peter Walker is displayed at Liverpool Cathedral in Liverpool, England, Saturday. AFP-Yonhap
Santons, traditional figurines from Provence typically hand-painted and commonly used in Christmas nativity scenes, are displayed at the Marcel Carbonel's Santon factory in Marseille, France, Friday. Reuters-Yonhap
People visit a Christmas market in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday. AP-Yonhap
An employee applies artificial snow on artificial Christmas trees at the Novaya Yolka plant in Krasnodar, Russia, Nov. 24. TASS-Yonhap
A woman uses her phone near Christmas decorations along Sixth Avenue in New York City, Nov. 23. Reuters-Yonhap
Tourists and locals alike look for early Christmas sales at Borough Market, one of London's oldest food markets, Thursday. AFP-Yonhap
This long exposure photograph shows the Champs-Elysees Avenue lined with Christmas lights in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, Nov. 21.