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.
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Hand balancer Christian Stoinev performs with his chihuahua, Scooby, during the 150th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York, Feb. 3. AP-Yonhap
By Choi Won-suk
Emily Klarman, a Westminster Masters Agility Championship-winning dog handler, plays with Swish, a border collie, after a practice run at UDog Agility in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., Jan. 15. AP-Yonhap
George, an Australian terrier, competes in the terrier group competition of the 150th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York, Feb. 3. AP-Yonhap
Verb, a border collie, competes during the finals of the agility competition at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in Tarrytown, N.Y., June 11, 2021. AP-Yonhap
A dog runs the course during the 13th Annual Masters Agility Championship Preliminaries at the 150th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York, Jan. 31. AFP-Yonhap
Handlers groom their dogs at the 150th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York, Feb. 2. AP-Yonhap
A handler photographs her ribbon-winning agility dog during the 150th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York, Jan. 31. Reuters-Yonhap
Amy Gilmer, left, and her Chinese crested, Surfer Dude, wait backstage at Arthur Ashe Stadium, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, before competing in the agility preliminaries during the 147th Westminster Kennel Club Dog show in New York, May 6, 2023. AP-Yonhap
Suki wears a Chase Infiniti-inspired outfit at the Golden Paws dog fashion show based on Golden Globes red carpet fashion at Racket NYC in New York, Feb. 2. AP-Yonhap
Miley Jo wears a Miley Cyrus-inspired outfit at the Golden Paws dog fashion show based on Golden Globes red carpet fashion at Racket NYC in New York, Feb. 2. AP-Yonhap
George wears a Snoop Dogg-inspired outfit at the Golden Paws dog fashion show based on Golden Globes red carpet fashion at Racket NYC in New York, Feb. 2. AP-Yonhap
A dog sticks its head out of the rear window of a vehicle in downtown Springfield, Ohio, Feb. 3. Reuters-Yonhap
A dog sits on a rock in "dog town" outside Sisimiut, Greenland, Feb. 3. This is a dedicated, specialized area located outside the main town center where around a thousand Greenlandic sled dogs are housed, as they are not permitted to live inside the town. Sisimiut is one of the southernmost places located above the Arctic Circle in Greenland, where dog sledding is still practiced. It is prohibited to bring dogs below the Arctic Circle and back up, in order to maintain pure bloodlines. AFP-Yonhap
A dog looks out of its dog house at in "dog town" outside Sisimiut, Greenland, Feb. 3. AFP-Yonhap
A girl carries her dog while riding a motorcycle in Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 2. Reuters-Yonhap
A man poses with his dog in costume in Masaya, Nicaragua, March 22. Devotion to Saint Lazarus, regarded in Nicaragua as the patron saint of animals, brings together worshippers and their pets in a tradition held each year ahead of Holy Week. EPA-Yonhap
A dog wears a costume in Masaya, Nicaragua, March 22. Devotion to Saint Lazarus, regarded in Nicaragua as the patron saint of animals, brings together the faithful and their pets in a tradition held each year before Holy Week. EPA-Yonhap