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.
PHOTOS Day in life of farmers during harvest season
A farmer spreads rice to dry at the Gangwon Province Agricultural Research and Extension Services in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, Sept. 11. Yonhap
By Choi Won-suk
Afghan boys stand after harvesting cotton in a field in Daman district, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Oct. 7. AFP-Yonhap
Farmer Caleb Ragland stands in one of his soybean fields in Magnolia, Ky., Sept. 12. AP-Yonhap
Shameema Jan, 48, carries rice with her daughters in a field in India-administered south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, Oct. 1. Reuters-Yonhap
Jasmin Ordonez, left, and Cassandra Garduno harvest Swiss chard grown in Garduno's chinampa, a kind of wetland farm that originated with the Aztec people thousands of years ago, in San Gregorio Atlapulco, a borough of Mexico City, Sept. 20. AP-Yonhap
Jonas Alves, 25, right, and Carlos Santos, 58, pick leaves and sticks from freshly harvested coffee cherries at the Camocim coffee farm in Pedra Azul, Brazil, Sept. 24. Reuters-Yonhap
Farmers load harvested rice onto a truck on the outskirts of Srinagar in India-administered Kashmir, Sept. 28. AP-Yonhap
Corn is displayed as the harvest continues on the Warpup Farm in Warren, Ind., Sept. 11. AP-Yonhap