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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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End of mask mandates

A woman wearing a face mask opens the window which reflects lanterns displayed for upcoming Buddha's birthday celebration slated for May 8, at Jogyesa temple in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. AP Girls wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus perform during traditional Easter Sunday rites in Quezon City, Philippines on April 17, 2022. AP A boy wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus removes the black veil of "Mother Mary" during traditional Easter Sunday rites in Quezon City, Philippines on April 17, 2022. AP Christians wearing face masks attend an Easter service at the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 17, 2022. The church allowed 70 percent members of the capacity to attend the Easter service as a part of the measures to prevent against the coronavirus. AP A child wearing a face mask to help protect from the coronavirus sits on a swing outside a mall, Sunday, April 17, 2022, in Beijing. AP A child wearing a face mask to help protect from the coronavirus bicycle moves past a b

Apr 29, 2022By Choi Won-suk
End of mask mandates
  • Outdoor mask mandate to end Monday
  • Current, incoming administrations clash over lifting mask mandate
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Ramadan returns

People pray while waiting for braking fasting time at Oman Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 13 April 2022. Muslims around the world celebrate the holy month of Ramadan by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran was during its last 10 nights. EPA  A Muslim devotee prays during the holy month of Ramadan at the Shah-i-Hamdan shrine in Srinagar on April 13, 2022. AFP  A Muslim devotee prays during the holy month of Ramadan at the Shah-i-Hamdan shrine in Srinagar on April 13, 2022. AFP A Muslim reads the Quran at the Jamia mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, April 13, 2022. AP A Muslim reads the Quran at the Jamia mosque, during the of holy month of Ramadan in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, April 13, 2022. AP Kashmiri men pray inside the shrine of Sufi saint Shiekh Abdul Qadir Jeelani o

Apr 19, 2022By Choi Won-suk
Ramadan returns
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North Korea celebrates 'Day of the Sun'

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends a parade to celebrate the 110th birth anniversary of its late founder Kim Il Sung, at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Friday, April 15, 2022. AP A photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows a national meeting and a public procession of Pyongyang citizens marking the 110th birth anniversary of the country's late founder, Kim Il Sung, at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, 15 April 2022 (issued 16 April 2022).  EPA In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves from balcony as he attends a parade to celebrate the 110th birth anniversary of its late founder Kim Il Sung, at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Friday, April 15, 2022. AP People pay tribute to the statues of late North Korean leaders, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in the celebration of 110th birth anniversary of state founder Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang, North Korea on Friday, April 1

Apr 18, 2022By Choi Won-suk
North Korea celebrates 'Day of the Sun'
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War is never the answer

A woman looks on as she sits on a bench outside a destroyed building in the eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv on april 2, 2022, as Ukraine said today Russian forces were making a "rapid retreat" from northern areas around the capital Kyiv and the city of Chernigiv. AFP A refugee walks covered by a space blanket for heating after fleeing the war from neighbouring Ukraine at the border crossing in Medyka, southeastern Poland, Saturday, April 2, 2022. AP The letter V, the Russian forces emblem, is seen on a blown Russian tank turret in the village of Dmytrivka close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 2, 2022. AP A man drives a car past the rubble of a destroyed building in the eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv on april 2, 2022, as Ukraine said today Russian forces were making a "rapid retreat" from northern areas around the capital Kyiv and the city of Chernigiv. AFP Tanya Nedashkivs'ka, 57, mourns the death of her husband, killed in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 4, 2022. Russia is facing a fresh wave of condemnation after evidence emerged of what

Apr 7, 2022By Choi Won-suk
War is never the answer
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Earth is suffering (Part 3)

Amitai Beh, 6, watches the NCAR Fire through binoculars on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. The wildfire, which has forced almost 20,000 people to evacuate their homes, started just a few miles away from where the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in December, 2021. AFP A man watches as the NCAR Fire burns on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. AFP An air tanker drops slurry on the NCAR Fire on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. AFP A tree goes up in flames as the NCAR Fire burns on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. AFP Firefighters battle the NCAR Fire on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. AFP In this file photo taken on March 26, 2022: An air tanker drops slurry on the NCAR Fire in Boulder, Colorado. AFP The setting sun is seen through smoke rising from fire at the Ghazipur garbage dump in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 28, 2022. A massive fire broke out at the dumping yard of east Delhi's Ghazipur area on Monday leading to a huge cloud of smoke enveloping the region and neighboring areas. AP Workers watch as a massive fir

Mar 31, 2022By Choi Won-suk
Earth is suffering (Part 3)
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It's officially spring

An Indian couple stained with colored powder enjoys a loving moment during the Holi festival celebrations in Chennai, India, 18 March 2022. Holi, also known as the 'Festival Of Colors' is an ancient Indian Hindu festival symbolizing the victory of good over evil and marking the arrival of spring. It is with joyful gatherings during which revelers cover each other in colored powders. EPA Indian revelers pelt each other with colored powders as they celebrate the Holi festival in Mumbai, India, 18 March 2022. EPA A girl celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Hyderabad, India, Friday, March 18, 2022. Holi also heralds the arrival of spring. AP Indian revelers pelt each other with colored powders as they celebrate the Holi festival in Mumbai, India, 18 March 2022. EPA Indian revelers pelt each other with colored powders as they celebrate the Holi festival in Mumbai, India, 18 March 2022. EPA  An Indian reveler with a color stained face celebrates Holi festival in Bangalore, India, 18 March 2022. EPA People from the Pakistani Hindu commu

Mar 22, 2022By Choi Won-suk
It's officially spring
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Ukraine refugees flee with pets

A woman holds a dog while crossing the Irpin River on an improvised path under a bridge as people flee the town of Irpin, Ukraine, Saturday, March 5, 2022. AP A woman embraces her dog during an evacuation from the Irpin town, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, outside of Kyiv, Ukraine March 10, 2022.  REUTERS A girl comforts a cat before the departure of a Lviv bound train, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 3, 2022. AP A woman from neighboring Ukraine, sits with her dog at a train station that was turned into an accommodation center in Przemysl, Poland, on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. AP A Ukrainian girl pets her cat in her coat inside Lviv railway station, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, in Lviv, west Ukraine. AP A Ukrainian girl and her cat wait at the platform inside Lviv railway station, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, in Lviv, west Ukraine. AP Julia Lazarets plays with her cat Gabriel, after fleeing Ukraine and arriving at the train station in Przemysl, Poland, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. APKatya holds her two dogs after fleeing from Ukraine, at the border crossin

Mar 16, 2022By Choi Won-suk
Ukraine refugees flee with pets
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War is never justified

Lidiya Zhuravlyova, a Ukraine-born performance artist, looks on as she takes part in an anti-war protest, after Russia launched a massive military operation against Ukraine, in Bangkok, Thailand February 27, 2022. REUTERS Protesters rally at Place Saint Michel to show their support for Ukraine after the Russian invasion in Paris, France, 27 February 2022. EPA Protesters gather in front of the Greek parliament in Athens to protest against the Russian invasion in Ukraine, on February 27, 2022. AFP A woman signs a Ukranian flag at the Ukraine Pavillion Expo 2020 in Dubai, on February 27, 2022. AFP People hold Ukrainian flags as they demonstrate against the war in Ukraine, in Rome, Italy, 27 February 2022. EPA People walk down the bulevard 'Strasse des 17. Juni' ahead of a rally against Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. AP  A protester holds an Ukrainian map during a demonstration in front of the Greek parliament in Athens against the Russian invasion in Ukraine, on February 27, 2022. AFP A couple embrace prior

Mar 2, 2022By Choi Won-suk
War is never justified
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Ukraine imposes state of emergency

A woman looks out of the window of a balcony in Sievierodonetsk, in the Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. Spiking tensions in eastern Ukraine on Friday aggravated Western fears of a Russian invasion and a new war in Europe, with a humanitarian convoy hit by shelling and pro-Russian rebels evacuating civilians from the conflict zone. AP A woman watches TV with Russian President Putin speaking during a broadcast of a meeting of the National Security Council on the recognition of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), in St. Petersburg, Russia, 21 February 2022. EPA An elderly woman walks by as members of the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination on ceasefire of the demarcation line, or JCCC, survey a crater and damage to a house from artillery shell that landed in Vrubivka, one of the at least eight that hit the village today, according to local officials, in the Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. AP People carry out repair works in a school building, which locals said

Feb 24, 2022By Choi Won-suk
Ukraine imposes state of emergency
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2022 Beijing Winter Olympics final day in photos

The olympic flame is pictured ahead of the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, at the National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing, on February 20, 2022. AP The snowflake Cauldron is pictured ahead of the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, at the National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing, on February 20, 2022. AP Spectators cheer prior to the Closing Ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games at the National Stadium, also known as Bird's Nest, in Beijing China, 20 February 2022. EPA 2022 Beijing Olympics - Closing Ceremony - National Stadium, Beijing, China - February 20, 2022. Spectators are pictured sitting amongst lanterns before the closing ceremony. REUTERS  2022 Beijing Olympics - Closing Ceremony - National Stadium, Beijing, China - February 20, 2022. Olympic flag and spectators are seen in the stands during the closing ceremony. REUTERS Dancers perform at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, in Beijing. AP 2022 Beijing Olympics - Closin

Feb 20, 2022By Choi Won-suk
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics final day in photos
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