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Shim Hyun-chul

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Shim Hyun-chul has been a photojournalist for The Korea Times since 2006, covering news events throughout the country. He is committed to strict journalism ethics, and it has never changed since his first day in the newsroom. He has covered four presidential elections, two Olympic Games and countless daily assignments around the world. When he is not at work, he plays tennis. Shim is also a certified lifeguard by YMCA International, which means he can actually save lives.

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La Palma volcano erupts

A house is covered by ash from a volcano as it continues to erupt on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. An erupting volcano in the Spanish island of La Palma continued to emit vast amounts of magma, gases and ash on Saturday, after days of intense seismic activity and more than five weeks since it erupted. AP Lava explodes as it's expelled by Cumbre Vieja volcano in El Paso, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, early 29 October 2021. EPA Lava flows as volcano continues to erupt on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. An erupting volcano in the Spanish island of La Palma continued to emit vast amounts of magma, gases and ash on Friday, after days of intense seismic activity and more than five weeks since it erupted. AP Lava flows as volcano continues to erupt on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. An erupting volcano in the Spanish island of La Palma continued to emit vast amounts of magma, gases and ash on Thursday, after two days of intense seismic activity and more than five weeks since it eru

Nov 5, 2021By Shim Hyun-chul
La Palma volcano erupts
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Fear spreads in Kabul

In this file photo taken on August 18, 2021, a Taliban fighter walks past a beauty salon with images of women defaced using spray paint in Shar-e-Naw in Kabul. - US President Joe Biden said in an interview that aired August 19, 2021, that war is not the answer to growing fears for the human rights of women in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover. "The idea that we're able to deal with the rights of women around the world by military force is not rational," Biden said in the ABC News interview, his first since the Taliban victory triggered a frantic final US withdrawal. AFP People sit near the French embassy in Kabul on August 18, 2021 following the Taliban stunning takeover of Afghanistan. AFP In this July 14, 2021 file photo, supporters of the Taliban carry the Taliban's signature white flags and march in the area of Afghan-Pakistan border, in Chaman, Pakistan. As the Taliban swiftly capture territory in Afghanistan, many Afghans blame Pakistan for the insurgents’ success, pointing to their use of Pakistani territory in multiple ways. Pressure is mounting on Islama

Aug 20, 2021By Shim Hyun-chul
Fear spreads in Kabul
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Preparing for the Tokyo Olympics

A lightning looks over the statue of the Olympics rings installed near a park being prepared for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Sunday, July 11, 2021. The opening ceremony of the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in less than two weeks. AP Tokyo 2020 staff members transfer the flame from an Olympic lantern during the lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame at Machida Shibahiro, on the first day of the torch relay in Tokyo on July 9. AFP Torches are pictured during a lighting ceremony after the torch relay on a public road was cancelled due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay celebration in Tokyo, Japan, July 9. REUTERS A security guard wearing a mask to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus stands at a wall with Tokyo 2020 Olympics mascot Miraitowa Tuesday, July 13, 2021, in Tokyo. The Olympics begin July 23. AP A woman wearing a protective mask, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, is reflected on a metal bar on an advertisement for Tokyo 2020 Olympic

Jul 16, 2021By Shim Hyun-chul
Preparing for the Tokyo Olympics
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SHENZHOU-12 LAUNCH

The crewed spacecraft Shenzhou-12, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert, June 17, 2021. Xinhua The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft sits covered on a launch pad near Chinese characters for "China" at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center near Jiuquan, China on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. China plans to launch three astronauts onboard the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft, who will be the first crew members to live on China's new orbiting space station Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. AP Chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng (C), Liu Boming (L) and Tang Hongbo are seen during a training on May 15, 2021. Chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo will carry out the Shenzhou-12 manned spaceflight mission, and Nie will be the commander, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced on Wednesday. The astronauts have all carried out solid ground training and mission preparation under comprehensive training programs and plans, according to Ji Qiming, as

Jun 25, 2021By Shim Hyun-chul
SHENZHOU-12 LAUNCH
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Roland Garros 2021

Foot prints left by the ground staff who have raked the court ready for the next match on Simonne Mathieu court, which will be Spain's Carlos Alcaraz against Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff for their third round match on day 7, of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, Saturday, June 5, 2021. AP General view as the hand of Cori Gauff of the U.S. is seen during her fourth round match against Tunisia 's Ons Jabeur at Roland Garros in Paris, France, June 7. REUTERS Japan's Naomi Osaka in action during her first round match against Romania's Patricia Maria Tig at Roland Garros in Paris, France, May 30. REUTERS Spain's Rafael Nadal serves to Australia's Alexei Popyrin during their first round match on day three of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. AP  Switzerland's Roger Federer's trainers during his second round match against Croatia's Marin Cilic at Roland Garros in Paris, France, June 3. REUTERS The shadow of Switzerland's Belinda Bencic as she serves to Russia's

Jun 8, 2021By Shim Hyun-chul
Roland Garros 2021
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Sri Lanka braces for environmental disaster as ship sinks

The fire stricken Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl (L) is seen sinking while being towed away from the coast of Colombo on June 2, 2021 following Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's order to move the ship to deeper water to prevent a bigger enviromental disaster. A fire broke out on a Singapore-flagged container vessel MV X-Press Pearl anchored about 9.5 nautical miles (18km) northwest of Colombo awaiting entry into the port nine days ago. The Sri Lanka Navy said an explosion caused by the chemicals being transported on the ship, including 25 tonnes of nitric acid and other chemicals loaded at the port of Hazira, India on 15 May. The 25-member crew including Philippine, Chinese, Indian and Russian nationals were evacuated by the Navy on 25 May, while two injured members were hospitalized and one was tested positive for Covid-19 on 26 May. AFP This handout photograph taken and released by the Sri Lanka Air Force on May 26, 2021 shows thick  smoke billowing from the Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl, which has been burnin

Jun 4, 2021By Shim Hyun-chul
Sri Lanka braces for environmental disaster as ship sinks
  • Sri Lankan officials brace for oil spill
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Trapped at border

A Moroccan boy swims using bottles as a float, near the fence between the Spanish-Moroccan border, after thousands of migrants swam across the border, in Ceuta, Spain, May 19, 2021. REUTERS Moroccan migrant climb a cliffside on the shore of the northern town of Fnideq as they attempt to cross the border from Morocco to Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta on May 18, 2021. At least 5,000 migrants, an unprecedented influx at a time of high tension between Madrid and Rabat, slipped into Ceuta on May 17, a record for a single day, Spanish authorities said. They reached the enclave by swimming or by walking at low tide from beaches a few kilometres to the south, some using inflatable swimming rings and rubber dinghies. AFP Spanish security forces expel migrants from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, at the border of Morocco and Spain, late Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Spain deployed its military to the Moroccan border Tuesday as thousands of migrants jumped fences or swam onto European soil for the second day in a row after Rabat loosened border controls amid a deepening diplomatic

May 21, 2021By Shim Hyun-chul
Trapped at border
  • Panic, pity and anger in Spain's Ceuta over migrant wave
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Locust outbreak

Stephen Mudoga, 12, the son of a farmer, chases away a swarm of locusts on his farm as he returns home from school, at Elburgon, in Nakuru county, Kenya Wednesday, March 17, 2021. It's the beginning of the planting season in Kenya, but delayed rains have brought a small amount of optimism in the fight against the locusts, which pose an unprecedented risk to agriculture-based livelihoods and food security in the already fragile Horn of Africa region, as without rainfall the swarms will not breed. AP A locust lands on a plant leaf at a farm in Elburgon, in Nakuru county, Kenya Wednesday, March 17, 2021. AP A farmer's daughter throws a rock to chase away swarms of locusts from her crops in Elburgon, in Nakuru county, Kenya Wednesday, March 17, 2021. AP Locusts take flight in the morning in Elburgon, in Nakuru county, Kenya Wednesday, March 17, 2021. AP A farmer watches swarms of desert locusts that invaded his farm in Elburgon, in Nakuru county, Kenya Wednesday, March 17, 2021. farmer watches swarms of desert locusts that invaded his farm in Elburgon, in Nakuru

Apr 9, 2021By Shim Hyun-chul
Locust outbreak
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International Women's Day

Kurdish Syrian women take part in Women's Day celebration in the Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli on March 6, 2021. AFP Sahrawi women take part in a parade at the Awserd refugee camp in Tindouf, Algeria February 27, 2021. Picture taken February 27, 2021. REUTER Sahrawi women soldiers carry their weapons and they parade at the Awserd refugee camp in Tindouf, Algeria February 27, 2021. Picture taken February 27, 2021. REUTERS Women from the Kenyan Maasai tribe participate alongside their husbands in a rite of passage to mark the transition of an age-set  to cultural junior elder from Moran (Maasai for warrior age-set), at a manyatta or traditional homestead built specifically for the ceremony, near Lemek town, within the Masai-Mara National Reserve ecosystem, in Narok county, on February 27, 2021. AFP A woman participate in a march to commemorate International Women's Day in Montevideo, Uruguay,Monday, March 8, 2021. AP A woman looks at paintings on a wall during a protest for the elimination of violence against women, outside the Investigation Office

Mar 9, 2021By Shim Hyun-chul
International Women's Day
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Bloody Sunday in Myanmar

A person mourns as he attends prayers for Tin Nwe Yi, a teacher who was killed during a crackdown on anti-coup protesters in Yangon, Myanmar, 01 March 2021. Several people were killed and many injured on 28 February as Myanmar security forces cracked down on anti-coup protesters following weeks of unrest since the 01 February military coup. EPA Demonstrators hold placards calling for the released of detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest against the military coup in Mandalay, Myanmar, 28 February 2021. Security forces intensified their use of force to crack down on anti-coup demonstrations following weeks of unrest since the 01 February military coup. EPA A woman holding an umbrella looks at riot police as they stand guard on a street during a protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar, 27 February 2021. Anti-coup demonstrations continued despite intensifying use of force by security forces against protesters after weeks of unrest since the 01 February military coup. EPA Anti-coup protesters raise their hands with clenched fists during a

Mar 1, 2021By Shim Hyun-chul
Bloody Sunday in Myanmar
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