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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Students clap their hands and chant in a rally in Athens, Greece, Feb. 26, two days before the third anniversary of February 2023 Tempi railway collision. Workers, students and other citizens across Greece took to the streets Feb. 28 to mark three years since the disaster, the country's worst rail tragedy which left 57 dead. AFP-Yonhap
By Choi Won-suk
A man carries a child on his shoulders to take him to school in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 2. AP-Yonhap
Syrian children stand on the wreckage of an Iranian rocket that was reportedly intercepted by Israeli forces in the southern countryside of Quneitra, near the Golan Heights, March 4. AFP-Yonhap
Students take part in a language lesson at Rare Gem Talent School, which supports students with dyslexia, in Kitengela, Kenya, Jan. 13. AP-Yonhap
Children of Vidya Bal Bhawan school celebrate Holi festival with colored powder and flower petals in New Delhi, India, March 2. The Holi festival, observed on March 4 this year, marks the arrival of spring. EPA-Yonhap
Students recite verses from the holy Quran at an Islamic school in Hyderabad, India, Feb. 23, during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. AFP-Yonhap
Palestinian children sit atop the rubble of a mosque destroyed in Israeli attacks, which is surrounded by tents for displaced Palestinians, in Gaza City, Feb. 11. Reuters-Yonhap
Children play in an underground parking lot, where they and their family are sheltering from Iranian missiles, in Haifa, northern Israel, March 1, after Iran launched missiles in response to attacks by the U.S. and Israel. Reuters-Yonhap