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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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2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in photos (5)

USA's Nathan Chen competes in the men's single skating free skating of the figure skating event during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on February 10, 2022. AFP Nathan Chen, of the United States, competes in the men's free skate program during the figure skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Beijing. AP Nathan Chen, of the United States, competes in the men's free skate program during the figure skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Beijing. AP Yuma Kagiyama, of Japan, competes in the men's free skate program during the figure skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Beijing. AP Cha Jun-hwan, of South Korea, falls in the men's free skate program during the figure skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Beijing. AP Shoma Uno, of Japan, competes in the men's free skate program during the figure skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Beijing. AP Gold meda

Feb 11, 2022By Choi Won-suk
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in photos (5)
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2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in photos (4)

Skaters race in their men's 1500-meters quarterfinal during the short track speedskating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Beijing. AP Lee Juneseo of South Korea, races in his men's 1500-meters quarterfinal during the short track speedskating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Beijing. AP Pietro Sighel of Italy, races in his men's 1500-meters quarterfinal during the short track speedskating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Beijing. AP Park Jang-hyuk of South Korea, races in his men's 1500-meters quarterfinal during the short track speedskating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Beijing. AP Park Jang-Hyuk, of South Korea, competes in the men's 1500-meter quarterfinals during the short track speedskating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Beijing. AP Park Jang-hyuk of South Korea, leads the field in their men's 1500-meters quarterfinal during the short track speedskating competition at the 2

Feb 10, 2022By Choi Won-suk
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in photos (4)
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2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in photos (3)

Anna Fernstaedt, of the Czech Republic, starts during the women's skeleton training run at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. AP Makena Hodgson, of Canada, holds the handle prior to the luge women's singles run 3 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. AP Valentina Margaglio of Italy starts during the women's skeleton training run at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. AP 2022 Beijing Olympics - Skeleton - Women's Official Training - National Sliding Centre, Beijing, China - February 9, 2022. Katie Tannenbaum of the United States in action during training. REUTERS Italy's Valentina Margaglio takes part in the women's skeleton training at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Yanqing on February 8, 2022. AFP Aileen Frisch, of South Korea, slides during the luge women's singles run 3 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. A

Feb 9, 2022By Choi Won-suk
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in photos (3)
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2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in photos (2)

2022 Beijing Olympics - Ice Hockey - China Training - National Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China - February 7, 2022. Face masks hang on hockey sticks during training. REUTERS 2022 Beijing Olympics - Ice Hockey - Women's Prelim. Round - Group B - Denmark v Czech Republic - Wukesong Sports Centre, Beijing, China - February 7, 2022. Czech Republic players in a huddle before the match. REUTERS Canada's Jocelyne Larocque (L) and Russian Olympic Committee's goaltender Daria Gredzen (R) eye the puck during the women's preliminary round group A match of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games ice hockey competition players of Russia's Olympic Committee and Canada, at the Wukesong Sports Centre in Beijing on February 7, 2022. AFP Russian Olympic Committee goalkeeper Daria Gredzen lies on her back after Canada's Jamie Lee Rattray (47) scored a goal during a preliminary round women's hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. AP Shaolin Sandor Liu and Shaoang Liu of Hungary, Juneseo Lee of South Korea, Wu Dajing of China, and Itzhak de La

Feb 8, 2022By Choi Won-suk
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in photos (2)
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2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in photos (1)

Players of Russia's Olympic Committee push USA's Kendall Coyne Schofield (C) during their women's preliminary round group A match of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games ice hockey competition, at the Wukesong Sports Centre in Beijing on February 5, 2022. AFP Players of China gather before the start of their women's preliminary round group B match of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games ice hockey competition against Japan, at the Wukesong Sports Centre in Beijing on February 6, 2022. AFP Switzerland's Lara Christen (R) falls next to USA's Hayley Scamurra during their women's preliminary round group A match of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games ice hockey competition, at the Wukesong Sports Centre in Beijing on February 6, 2022. AFP USA's Grace Zumwinkle (R) and a player of Russian Olympic Committee fall during their women's preliminary round group A match of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games ice hockey competition, at the Wukesong Sports Centre in Beijing on February 5, 2022. AFP Medial personnel watch as Russian Olympic Committee's Valeria Pavlova (15)

Feb 7, 2022By Choi Won-suk
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in photos (1)
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2022 Beijing Winter Olympics begin

Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing. AP Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing. AP 2022 Beijing Olympics - Opening Ceremony - National Stadium, Beijing, China - February 4, 2022. Performers during the opening ceremony. REUTERS Dancers perform during the pre-show ahead of the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing. AP Children perform in the pre-show during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing. AP  An overview of the stadium ahead of the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, at the National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing, on February 4, 2022. AFP The Chinese national flag is raised during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing. AP Spring is spelled out in fireworks over Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, F

Feb 4, 2022By Choi Won-suk
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics begin
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Daily life in Beijing as 2022 Winter Olympics kick off

A child practices ice hockey near the Beijing Olympics Tower in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. The Beijing Winter Olympics is tapping into and encouraging growing interest among Chinese in skiing, skating, hockey and other previously unfamiliar winter sports. It's also creating new business opportunities. AP People skate on a frozen canal in Beijing, China, 28 January 2022. China is scheduled to host the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in February, making its capital the first city in the world to host both Summer (2008) and Winter Olympics (2022).  EPA Chinese children skate near The Central Radio & TV Tower in Beijing, China, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The Chinese authorities have been encouraging its people to take up winter sports in the run up to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. AP School children warm up before ski lessons at the Vanke Shijinglong Ski Resort in Yanqing on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. AP A woman using a plastic bag as a cover walks outside the Beijing railway station in Beijing on

Jan 31, 2022By Choi Won-suk
Daily life in Beijing as 2022 Winter Olympics kick off
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PHOTOS What's vanishing with urban redevelopment

An alley is lifeless after local residents moved out of their homes, in the Naeson-dong neighborhood of Uiwang City, Gyeonggi Province, to make way for an urban redevelopment project in this February 2020 photo. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-sukBy Kang Hyun-kyungDecades-old homes have been abandoned. Without the sounds of people and the warmth created by neighbors who’ve known one another for decades interacting with each other, the buildings now lie derelict, exposed to the elements. Alleys, once bustling with pedestrians walking by and children playing, have lost their vitality, now that the residents have all moved out to make way for large-scale urban redevelopment. The last eviction order for the area came about a year ago. The small urban district of Naeson-dong, on the edge of the landlocked city of Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, is now bleak and gloomy. The old neighborhood will soon undergo a major facelift, with construction of a massive apartment complex that can house up to 3,000 households. Once the new residents move into the newly completed high-rises, the district w

Jan 28, 2022By Choi Won-suk
What's vanishing with urban redevelopment [PHOTOS]
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Celebrating Lunar New Year amid the ongoing pandemic

Divers dressed in a 'God of Fortune' (R) and lion dance (L) costume look at a turtle while performing inside the 'Aquaria KLCC' aquarium ahead Chinese New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 21 January 2022. The Lunar New Year, also known as Spring Festival in China, falls on 01 February in 2022, marking the beginning of the Year of the Tiger.  EPA Hainan Tiger Dance is performed ahead of the Chinese Lunar Year of Tiger at a temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. AP Residents past by a giant decoration for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, depicting a tiger which is the 2022 sign according to the Chinese Zodiac in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. AP This aerial photo taken on January 21, 2022 shows people visiting a market ahead of the Lunar New Year, which marks the Year of the Tiger, in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province. AFP A resident makes lanterns ahead of the Lunar New Year in Surabaya on January 21, 2022, as Asian communities around the world will welcome the Year of the Tiger on February 1. AFP&nbsp

Jan 26, 2022By Choi Won-suk
Celebrating Lunar New Year amid the ongoing pandemic
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Daily life in Afghanistan under Taliban rule

 A family prepares tea outside the Directorate of Disaster office where they are camped, in Herat, Afghanistan, on Nov. 29, 2021. UN World Food Program top official Mary-Ellen McGroarty says Afghanistan is facing a "tsunami of hunger," with the country on the verge of economic collapse and more than half of the population struggling to eat this winter. In an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022 the WFP leader in Afghanistan urged the international community to separate political discussions from the humanitarian imperative by making sure the billions in aid that are required to avoid a disaster keep reaching the country, which is being run by the Taliban. AP A man distributes bread to Burka-wearing Afghan women outside a bakery in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec, 2, 2021. AP Afghan men walk in a market area during a snowfall in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 3, 2022. REUTERS An Afghan woman walks on the street during a snowfall in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 3, 2022. REUTERS A boy rides a bicycle near houses on a hillside in Bamiyan,

Jan 14, 2022By Choi Won-suk
Daily life in Afghanistan under Taliban rule
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