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Choi Won-suk

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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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2023 Thanksgiving parade in NYC

Handlers guide the Pokemon balloon along Central Park West during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Nov. 23. AP-Yonhap A partially filled balloon floats above the road during inflation for the 97th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Nov. 22. AP-Yonhap The Snoopy balloon follows the Tom Turkey float during the 97th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Nov. 23. Reuters-Yonhap Parade performers lead the Tom Turkey float down Central Park West at the start of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Nov. 23. AP-Yonhap Cheerleaders participate in the 97th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Nov. 23. Reuters-Yonhap  Performers dance along Sixth Avenue during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2023 in New York, Nov. 23. UPI-Yonhap A spectator gets a close-up look at the Leo balloon as it passes by on Sixth Avenue during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2023 in New York, Nov. 23. UPI-Yonhap Handlers guide the Red Titan from "Ryan's World" balloon down Central Park West during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Pa

Nov 24, 2023By Choi Won-suk
2023 Thanksgiving parade in NYC
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Appreciation of autumn colors

Women wearing traditional hanbok dresses stand near trees with autumnal foliage as they visit Gyeongbok Palace grounds in Seoul, Nov. 2. Built in 1395, the palace was the largest of the five grand palaces built by the 1392-1910 Joseon Dynasty, the last dynastic kingdom of Korea. AFP-Yonhap Women wearing traditional hanbok dresses walk under a under a ginkgo tree with autumnal foliage in Gyeongbok Palace grounds in central Seoul, Nov. 2. AFP-Yonhap A boy enjoys a warm autumn day riding a scooter along a path in the Main Botanical Garden of Moscow, Russia, Oct. 31. The temperature in Moscow rose to 11 degrees Celsius, which is unusual for the last day of October. AP-Yonhap A couple barbecue food on a warm autumn day in a special area of the Main Botanical Garden in Moscow, Russia, Oct. 31. AP-Yonhap This aerial photo taken on Nov. 1 shows an autumn view of a village in Hongcun Town, Yixian County, Huangshan City, central China's Anhui province. Xinhua-Yonhap Autumn foliage surrounds two ponds in a forest of the Taunus region in Frankfurt, Germany, Oct

Nov 13, 2023By Choi Won-suk
Appreciation of autumn colors
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Our children deserve better

Afghan refugee children warm themselves with fire in a camp near the Torkham Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham, Afghanistan, Nov. 4. A huge number of Afghans refugees entered the Torkham border to return home hours before the expiration of a Pakistani government deadline for those who are in the country illegally to leave or face deportation. AP-Yonhap Afghan refugee children warm themselves with fire in a camp near the Torkham Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham, Afghanistan, Nov. 4. AP-Yonhap Women and children from displaced families, who returned from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip to the north due to the dangers and difficulties they faced there under Israeli bombardment, take shelter at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Oct. 25, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. EPA-Yonhap A Palestinian man carries his injued daughter at the Najjar hospital following an Israeli air strike on a home in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 30. UPI-Yonhap Palestinian women and children react following Isra

Nov 6, 2023By Choi Won-suk
Our children deserve better
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Israel-Gaza conflict erupts into war

A Palestinian demonstrator throws rocks towards Israeli soldiers during clashes in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on October 8, 2023. Israel, reeling from the deadliest attack on its territory in half a century, formally declared war on Hamas on October 8, as the conflict's death toll surged to 1,000 after the Palestinian militant group launched a massive surprise assault from Gaza. AFP-Yonhap An Israeli soldier directs a self-propelled howitzer near the southern city of Ashkelon on October 8, 2023.  AFP-Yonhap Palestinians celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis southern Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. AP-Yonhap Palestinians break into the Israeli side of Israel-Gaza border fence after gunmen infiltrated areas of southern Israel, October 7, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap Israeli soldiers patrol on the roads near the border with Gaza, 08 October 2023. Israel announced initiating a large-scale operation 'Swords of Iron' after surprise attacks on Israel on 07 October claimed by the Islamist movement Hamas killed more than

Oct 10, 2023By Choi Won-suk
Israel-Gaza conflict erupts into war
  • Israel strikes and seals off Gaza after incursion by Hamas, which vows to execute hostages
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Team Korea' s decisive moments at Asian Games

Shin Yu-bin of Korea in action during her women's singles semifinal match against Sun Yingsha of China, at the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022, Hangzhou, China, Oct. 1. Reuters-Yonhap Shin Yu-bin of South Korea in action during her women's singles semifinal match against Sun Yingsha of China, at the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2023, Hangzhou, China, Oct. 1. EPA-Yonhap South Korea's Jeon Jihee, left and Shin Yubin pose for photographers with their gold medals after defeating North Korea in the Table Tennis Women's Doubles Final match for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. AP-Yonhap Hwang Sun-woo of South Korea competes during the men's 100m freestyle final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 24. Xinhua-Yonhap South Korea's Lee Ho-joon, center, competes in the heats of men's 200m freestyle event during the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Sept. 27. AFP-Yonhap South Korea's Lee Ju-ho competes during the mixed 4x100m medley relay swimming heat at the 19th Asian Games in H

Oct 1, 2023By Choi Won-suk
Team Korea' s decisive moments at Asian Games
  • Korea puts up good fight, still falls shy of gold medal target
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Trapped along borders

A Palestinian protester poses with smoke candle during clashes with Israeli troops on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, 18 September 2023. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, at least five Palestinians were wounded during the clashes near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip. EPA-Yonhap A Palestinian youth takes cover behind a concrete block during clashes with Israeli troops on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, 18 September 2023. EPA-Yonhap A bomb explodes during clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers near the Israel-Gaza border fence on September 22, 2023. AFP-Yonhap A Palestinian demonstrator uses a slingshot to hurl rocks towards Israeli soldiers during a rally near the Israel-Gaza border fence east of Gaza City on September 22, 2023. AFP-Yonhap A Palestinian protester waves Palestinian flags amidst tear gas smoke, during clashes with Israeli troops on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, 15 September 2023. EPA-Yonhap A man on crutches watches as a Palestinian protester throws back a tear gas canister dur

Sep 29, 2023By Choi Won-suk
Trapped along borders
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Harvest season arrives

A farmer dries harvested grains in a courtyard in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, Sept. 11. Yonhap A combine harvester is seen as it harvests corns at a farm near Brasilia, Brazil August 22, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap Mana Maya Shrestha, 47, is seen through the mating chamber as she collects eggs from Black Soldier Flies at a farm run by seven women entrepreneurs from Bhardev village on the outskirts of Lalitpur, Nepal July 27, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap Indian Muslim students decorate a flower carpet or 'Pookalam' during a flower carpet competition as part of the Onam festival celebrations in Chennai, India, 24 August 2023. Epa-Yonhap People buy flowers and necessary Pooja items at flower market for Varamahalakshmi festival celebration, in Bangalore, India, 25 August 2023. Epa-Yonhap In this photo taken on August 23, 2023, oyster farmers maneuver their boat at an oyster farm at Qiangjiao town in Ningbo, in China?s eastern Zhejiang Province. AFP-Yonhap This aerial photo taken on Aug. 26, 2023 shows farmers harvesting gorgon fruit at Shenyu Village of Taizhou City, east

Sep 25, 2023By Choi Won-suk
Harvest season arrives
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More than 2,800 killed by earthquake in Morocco

People react during the funeral of two victims of the deadly earthquake, in Moulay Brahim, Morocco, September 10, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap A woman reacts standing infront of her earthquake-damaged house in the old city in Marrakesh on Sept. 9. A powerful earthquake that shook Morocco late September 8 killed more than 600 people, interior ministry figures showed, sending terrified residents fleeing their homes in the middle of the night. AFP-Yonhap A damaged vehicle is pictured in the historic city of Marrakech, following a powerful earthquake in Morocco, Sept. 9. Reuters-Yonhap A woman evacuates with her belongings through the rubble in the earthquake-damaged old city of Marrakesh on Sept. 9.  AFP-Yonhap A woman and her daughter stand outside her home after an earthquake in Moulay Ibrahim village, near Marrakech, Morocco, Saturday, Sept. 9. AP-Yonhap People affected by the earthquake use a football goal frame to make a tent, after their homes were damaged, in Moulay Ibrahim village, near Marrakech, Morocco, Saturday, Sept. 9. AP-Yonhap A cracked mosque

Sep 11, 2023By Choi Won-suk
More than 2,800 killed by earthquake in Morocco
  • Morocco survivors seek aid as earthquake toll passes 2,100
  • Morocco earthquake toll passes 2,800 as rescuers search for survivors
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Super moon lights up the sky

A full moon known as the "Blue Moon" rises behind the Temple of Poseidon, in Cape Sounion, near Athens, Greece, Aug. 30. Reuters-Yonhap Brandon Williamson #55 of the Cincinnati Reds pitches against the San Francisco Giants while an almost full moon rises behind him in the fourth inning at Oracle Park on Aug. 29, in San Francisco, California. AFP-Yonhap Vehicles travel over the Coronado bridge as the moon rises in the distance in Coronado, California, U.S., Aug. 29. Reuters-Yonhap A supermoon rises through clouds over the skyline of lower Manhattan, Aug. 1, as seen from West Orange, N.J. Stargazers are in for a double treat on Wednesday night, Aug. 30: a rare blue supermoon with Saturn peeking from behind. The cosmic curtain rises Wednesday night with the second full moon of August, the reason it’s considered blue. It’s dubbed a supermoon because it’s closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright. AP-Yonhap A supermoon rises beyond a beer sign at Kauffmann Stadium during a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the New

Sep 1, 2023By Choi Won-suk
Super moon lights up the sky
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Anger rises as Fukushima water released into Pacific Ocean

An activist takes part in a protest against Japan’s discharge of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, in Seoul, Korea, Aug. 26. The letters on her face read "JUST STOP."  Reuters-Yonhap Protesters hold signs reading "Don't repeat Fukushima," top right, "Don't expose people to radiation anymore," center right, and "Radioactive, don't throw polluted water into the sea," bottom right, as they take part in a rally against the Japanese government's plan to release treated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant into the ocean, outside the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Aug. 22. The release of wastewater from Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific will begin on Aug. 24, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Aug. 22, despite opposition from fishermen and protests by China. AFP-Yonhap Members of environmental civic groups shout slogans during a rally to denounce the Japanese government's decision to release treated radioactive water into the sea from the damaged Fukus

Aug 28, 2023By Choi Won-suk
Anger rises as Fukushima water released into Pacific Ocean
  • Korea to conduct 100-day intensive inspection into seafood imports on Fukushima woes
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