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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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Women, life, freedom

An Iranian national raises their hand with a message that reads in Farsi, "Liberty," during a protest against the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini, in front of the Universidad de Chile building in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. The 22-year-old, who died in Iran while in police custody, was arrested by Iran's morality police for allegedly violating its strictly-enforced dress code. AP People protest against the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died while in police custody in Iran, in front of the Iranian embassy in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in Iran while in police custody, was arrested by Iran's morality police for allegedly violating its strictly-enforced dress code. AP People protest against the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died while in police custody in Iran, in front of the Iranian embassy in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. AP A picture obtained by AFP outside Iran, shows people gathering next to a burning motorcycle in the capital Tehran on October 8, 2022. - Iran has been torn by the bigg

Oct 11, 2022By Choi Won-suk
Women, life, freedom
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Typhoon Noru hits the Philippines forcing thousands to evacuate

Residents wade through waist-deep flood waters after Super Typhoon Noru, in San Miguel, Bulacan province, Philippines, September 26, 2022. REUTERS A man carries bags of food while another reinforces their roof as they prepare for the coming of Typhoon Noru in Manila, Philippines, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. AP A resident swims along strong waves as Typhoon Noru approaches the seaside slum district of Tondo in Manila, Philippines, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. AP Volunteers and local officials patrol the neighbourhood to remind residents to evacuate, in preparation for Super Typhoon Noru, in Manila, Philippines, September 25, 2022. REUTERS Residents prepare to return to their homes after volunteers and local officials reminded the neighbourhood to evacuate, in preparation for Super Typhoon Noru, in Manila, Philippines, September 25, 2022. REUTERS An aerial view shows flooding after Super Typhoon Noru, in San Miguel, Bulacan province, Philippines, September 26, 2022. REUTERS A man carries food he saved from his flooded home after Super Typhoon Noru, in San Miguel, B

Sep 29, 2022By Choi Won-suk
Typhoon Noru hits the Philippines forcing thousands to evacuate
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Mourners pay respects to Queen Elizabeth II

Flowers and messages for Queen Elizabeth II are seen at the Green Park memorial, near Buckingham Palace, in London, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday Sept. 8, 2022, after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. AP A woman cries next to flowers and messages for Queen Elizabeth II at the Green Park memorial, near Buckingham Palace, in London, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. AP Flowers and candles for Queen Elizabeth II are seen at the gates outside Buckingham Palace in London, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. AP A balloon with a picture of Queen Elizabeth II is photographed at the Green Park memorial, near Buckingham Palace, in London, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. AP Souvenirs featuring images of Queen Elizabeth II are pictured in Edinburgh on September 10, 2022, two days after she died at the age of 96. AFP A Paddington Bear toy and marmalade sandwich is left amongst flowers and tributes outside the Palace of Holyroodhouse, following the death of Queen Elizabet

Sep 16, 2022By Choi Won-suk
Mourners pay respects to Queen Elizabeth II
  • National Assembly speaker pays respects to Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ
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Millions in need of aid as floods hit Pakistan

A boy sits on a street stall in a flooded area following heavy rains in Nowshera District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, 29 August 2022. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on 27 August, flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed over 1,000 people across Pakistan since mid-June 2022. More than 33 million people have been affected by floods, the country's climate change minister said. EPA A displaced family wades through a flooded area after heavy rainfall, in Jaffarabad, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Rains have triggered flash floods and wreaked havoc across much of Pakistan since mid-June, leaving 903 dead and about 50,000 people homeless, the country's disaster agency said Wednesday. AP A man with his displaced family, taking refuge on a roadside after fleeing their flood-hit homes, gestures towards journalists, in Jaffarabad, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. AP People wade through a flooded area following hea

Aug 30, 2022By Choi Won-suk
Millions in need of aid as floods hit Pakistan
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Our children deserve the best

Children take part in a sack race competition during an Independence Day celebration in Jakarta, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. Indonesia is celebrating its 77th anniversary of independence from the Dutch colonial rule. AP Children dress in the guise of Hindu deity Krishna gesture during 'Janmashtami' festival celebrations in Chennai on August 18, 2022. AFP Children selling tricolor balloons shout pro India slogans as people hoist Indian flag inside a residential building in Mumbai, India, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. The country is marking the 75th anniversary of its independence from British rule. AP Cats sit on a merry-go-round at an empty playground of a residential building, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Kramatorsk , Donetsk region Ukraine August 12, 2022. Almost two of every three children have been displaced by war according to UNICEF back in June. REUTERS Children cool off in a public fountain in Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. Hot weather has set in with temperatures rising up to 34 degrees Celsius (93.2 degrees Fahrenheit) in Lithuania. A

Aug 24, 2022By Choi Won-suk
Our children deserve the best
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Ice is melting, land is burning

An iceberg floats in Baffin Bay in the Arctic Ocean on July 20, 2022 near Pituffik, Greenland as captured on a NASA Gulfstream V plane while on an airborne mission to measure melting Arctic sea ice. - New observations from ICESAT-2 show remarkable Arctic Sea ice thinning in just three years. Over the past two decades, the Arctic has lost about one-third of its winter sea ice volume, largely due to a decline in sea ice that persists over several years, called multiyear ice, according to a new study. The study also found sea ice is likely thinner than previous estimates. AFP  A melting pond is seen inside an iceberg from the Greenland ice sheet in the Baffin Bay near Pituffik, Greenland on July 17, 2022. AFP Icebergs float in Baffin Bay in the Arctic Ocean on July 18, 2022. AFP Icebergs float in Baffin Bay in the Arctic Ocean on July 18, 2022. AFP Meltwater flows from the Greenland ice sheet into the Baffin Bay near Pituffik, Greenland on July 17, 2022. AFP  A melting pond is seen inside an iceberg from the Greenland ice sheet in the Baffin Bay near P

Jul 28, 2022By Choi Won-suk
Ice is melting, land is burning
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Tottenham 6-3 Team K League

Tottenham Hotspur wins the first pre-season game with a 6-3 victory over Team K League in South Korea. Korea Times photos by Choi Won-suk                                                        

Jul 14, 2022By Choi Won-suk
Tottenham 6-3 Team K League
  • Sonny, Tottenham beat Team K League in entertaining preseason exhibition
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Afghanistan earthquake killed more than 1,000

Afghan children stand in front of a tent after an earthquake in Gayan village, in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 23, 2022. A powerful earthquake struck a rugged, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, flattening stone and mud-brick homes in the country's deadliest quake in two decades, the state-run news agency reported. AP An Afghan villager collects his belongings from under the rubble of his home that was destroyed in an earthquake in the Spera District of the southwestern part of Khost Province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. AP In this photo released by a state-run news agency Bakhtar, Afghans look at destruction caused by an earthquake in the province of Paktika, eastern Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. AP People affected by earthquake wait for relief in Gayan village in Paktia province, Afghanistan, 23 June 2022. EPA Afghans warm themselves round a fire outside their home destroyed after an earthquake in Gayan village in Paktia province, Afghanistan, 23 June 2022. EPA Afghans stand among destruction afte

Jun 28, 2022By Choi Won-suk
Afghanistan earthquake killed more than 1,000
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Divided America reacts to overturn of Roe vs. Wade

Pro Choice demonstrators participate in a march and rally after the US Supreme Court's decision on the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 24 June 2022. The court's ruling overturned the legalization of abortion in the Roe v Wade case of 1973.  EPA Abortion rights demonstrator Nadine Seiler from Washington DC, tapes her mouth outside the United States Supreme Court as the court rules in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2022. REUTERS Lauren McKillip, left, holding daughter Thea McKillip, 2, and her wife Marissa McKillip, holding their son Lincoln McKillip, 4, of Crofton, Md., pose for a portrait as they attend an abortion rights rally, Saturday, May 14, 2022, outside the Supreme Court in Washington, during protests across the country. "It's important for us to come here for our daughter, for our marriage," says Marissa McKillip, "for all the things now established so that our daughter doesn't have to fight for it." A

Jun 27, 2022By Choi Won-suk
Divided America reacts to overturn of Roe vs. Wade
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Namaste: Yogis to celebrate International Yoga Day

A group of people participate in a yoga session to mark International Yoga Day on the beach in Miami Beach, Florida, on June 21, 2022. AFP Yoga enthusiasts take part in a class with the intention of recovering from the complicated situations they live in the city, at the Samalayuca dunes on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico June18, 2022. REUTERS Yoga enthusiasts take part in a class to destress at the Samalayuca dunes on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico June 18, 2022. REUTERSYoga enthusiasts take part in a class to destress at the Samalayuca dunes on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico June 18, 2022. REUTERSPeople participate in a yoga class for the arrival of the summer solstice at Miranda Park in Caracas, Venezuela June 18, 2022. REUTERS Yoga enthusiasts perform during a mass yoga exercise to celebrate the International Day of Yoga in Bangkok, Thailand, 19 June 2022. EPAPeople perform yoga during a practice session ahead of International Yoga Day, in Ahmedabad, India, June 19, 2022. REUTERSPeople take part in a practice Yoga session on the ahead of Inte

Jun 24, 2022By Choi Won-suk
Namaste: Yogis to celebrate International Yoga Day
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