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 NASA successfully launches Artemis II moon mission
A child wearing an astronaut costume gives a thumbs up in Titusville, Fla., on the day of the launch of the next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion crew capsule, part of NASA's Artemis II lunar flyby mission, from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, April 1. Reuters-Yonhap
By Choi Won-suk
Astronauts, front row from left, Pilot Victor Glover and Cmdr. Reid Wiseman, second row from left, Mission Specialists Jeremy Hansen and Christina Koch walk to Launch Complex 39B for the planned liftoff on NASA's Artemis II moon rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., April 1. AP-Yonhap
The Artemis II crewed lunar mission launches at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., April 1. Four astronauts departed on a long-anticipated journey around the moon, the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. With an intense roar that reverberated far beyond the launchpad, the enormous orange-and-white rocket carried three Americans and one Canadian away from Florida's Kennedy Space Center at approximately 6:35 p.m. local time, according to an AFP journalist onsite. AFP-Yonhap
A bird flies past as the Artemis II crewed lunar mission lifts off from Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., April 1. AFP-Yonhap
Observers at a park in Titusville, Fla., watch as the Artemis II crewed lunar mission lifts off from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, April 1. AFP-Yonhap
NASA's Space Launch System rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39B, April 1. The booster is launching the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis II mission, which will circumnavigate the moon. UPI-Yonhap
The Artemis II crewed lunar mission lifts off from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., April 1. Four astronauts blasted off aboard a NASA rocket for a journey around the moon, the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. AFP-Yonhap
Children react while watching the live broadcast of the launch of NASA's Artemis II mission to circumnavigate the moon, during an event organized by the U.S. Consulate General in Mexico, at La Rodadora museum in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, April 1. Reuters-Yonhap
David plays with a toy astronaut as he and other children gather at La Rodadora museum to watch a live broadcast of the launch of NASA's Artemis II mission to fly by the moon, during an event organized by the U.S. Consulate General in Mexico, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, April 1. Reuters-Yonhap
NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., April 1. AFP-Yonhap
The Artemis II mission Space Launch System's solid rocket boosters carrying the manned Orion Integrity capsule separate from the main rocket after blasting off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., April 1. UPI-Yonhap
The Artemis II mission Space Launch System's solid rocket boosters carrying the manned Orion Integrity capsule separate from the main rocket after blasting off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., April 1. UPI-Yonhap
A couple looks at the moon in Titusville, Fla., after the launch of the next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion crew capsule, part of NASA's Artemis II lunar flyby mission, from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, April 1. Reuters-Yonhap