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.
North Korean leader supervises testing of multiple rocket launchers
North Korea's state-run television KRT on Sunday (May 5) released several still photographs of leader Kim Jong Un supervising a military drill.
KRT said North Korea conducted a "strike drill" for multiple launchers, firing tactical guided weapons into the East Sea on Saturday (May 4).
The purpose of the drill was to test performance of "large-caliber long-range multiple rocket launchers and tactical guided weapons by defense units," the state media said.
Military experts said the tactical guided weapons could be a short-range, ground-to-ground ballistic missiles. (Reuters)