Anna Jiwon Park has been covering the politics at The Korea Times since the summer of 2024, when she joined the press pool for the Office of the President in Korea. Prior to that, she spent about five years reporting extensively on financial markets, regulatory authorities and the financial industry. She joined The Korea Times in 2019 after spending eight years as a broadcast journalist at Arirang TV, Korea’s leading global broadcaster, covering politics, defense and culture.
PHOTOS Aftermath of earthquake in Japan
A house lies collapsed in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture, Wednesday, after an earthquake struck southwestern Japan the previous day. AFP-Yonhap
By Anna J. Park
A car sits crushed beneath debris from a collapsed building in Yatsushiro City, Wednesday, the day after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture. REUTERS-Yonhap
An aerial view shows rescue workers at Nippon Paper Industries factory in Yatsushiro City, Wednesday, the day after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture. REUTERS-Yonhap
An aerial view of the Ueyanagi Bridge shows its partial collapse by an earthquake in Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan, Wednesday. At least 13 people have died, and several were injured after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto prefecture, damaging infrastructure including a shopping mall and a factory, according to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. EPA-Yonhap
Surface ruptures are seen in an agriculture field in Yatsushiro City, Wednesday, the day after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture. REUTERS-Yonhap
A house is seen collapsed onto a truck in Yatsushiro, Wednesday, after an earthquake struck southwestern Japan's Kumamoto prefecture the previous day. AFP-Yonhap