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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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Tokyo Olympics Day 3 in Photos

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Taekwondo - Women's Welterweight 57-67kg - Last 16 - Makuhari Messe Hall A, Chiba, Japan - July 26, 2021. Elizabeth Oluchi Anyanacho of Nigeria in action against Nur Tatar of Turkey. REUTERS Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Taekwondo - Women's Welterweight 57-67kg - Last 16 - Makuhari Messe Hall A, Chiba, Japan - July 26, 2021. Elizabeth Oluchi Anyanacho of Nigeria in action against Nur Tatar of Turkey. REUTERS From left, France's Mewen Tomac, China's Xu Jiayu and United States' Joseph Armstrong compete in a 100-meter backstroke heat at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo. AP Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Swimming - Women's 100m Breaststroke - Semifinal 1 - Tokyo Aquatics Centre - Tokyo, Japan - July 26, 2021. Lilly King of the United States in action. REUTERS Tatjana Schoenmaker, of South Africa, swims during a semifinal in the women's 100-meter breaststroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. AP Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Swimming - Women's 100m Breaststroke - Semifinal 1 - Tokyo Aquatics Centre - Tokyo,

Jul 26, 2021By Choi Won-suk
Tokyo Olympics Day 3 in Photos
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Tokyo Olympics Day 2 in Photos

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Water Polo - Men - Group A - South Africa v Italy - Tatsumi Water Polo Centre, Tokyo, Japan - July 25, 2021. Gonzalo Echenique of Italy in action. REUTERS Italy's goalkeeper Marco del Lungo blocks a shot during a preliminary round men's water polo match against South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. AP Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Swimming - Men's 400m Individual Medley - Finals - Tokyo Aquatics Centre - Tokyo, Japan - July 25, 2021. Chase Kalisz of the United States celebrates after winning the gold medal. REUTERS Chase Kalisz of the US swims in the Men's 400m Individual Medley at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. AP United States' Chase Kalisz swims to win the gold medal in the 400-meter individual medley at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo. AP Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Volleyball - Women's Pool B - The Russian Olympic Committee v Italy - Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan ? July 25, 2021. Paola Egonu of Italy reacts. REUTERS Rio Azuma of Japan, right

Jul 25, 2021By Choi Won-suk
Tokyo Olympics Day 2 in Photos
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Tokyo Olympics Day 1 in Photos

Italy's Ivan Zaytsev, left, and Italy's Gianluca Galassi attempt to block a spike during the men's volleyball preliminary round pool A match between Italy and Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. AP Ludia Marguiela Montero Ramos of Cuba competes in the women's 49kg weightlifting event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. AP Brazil's Silvana Lima throws her surfboard during a training session at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya, Japan. AP Brazil's Gabriel Medina goes airborne as he rides a wave during a surf training session at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya, Japan. AP Japan's Minori Yamamoto (9) shoots against the United States during a preliminary round women's water polo match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. AP Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Water Polo - Women - Group A - Canada v Australia - Tatsumi Water Polo Centre, Tokyo, Japan ? July 24, 2021

Jul 24, 2021By Choi Won-suk
Tokyo Olympics Day 1 in Photos
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2020 Tokyo Olympic Games kick off

Fireworks illuminate over the National Stadium during the opening ceremony of 2020 Tokyo Olympics views from Shibuya Sky observation deck Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. AP Tokyo 2020 Olympics - The Tokyo 2020 Olympics Opening Ceremony - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - July 23, 2021. A performer during the opening ceremony. REUTERS Dancers perform during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. AP Dancers perform during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. AP Tokyo 2020 Olympics - The Tokyo 2020 Olympics Opening Ceremony - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - July 23, 2021 General view inside the stadium before the opening ceremony. REUTERS Fireworks explode from the roof of the stadium as the Olympic rings are assembled during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. AP The Olympic rings are assembled during the opening ceremony in th

Jul 23, 2021By Choi Won-suk
2020 Tokyo Olympic Games kick off
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Pandemic is not over yet

 . Festivalgoers attend the Beautiful Mint Life Music Festival after undergoing COVID-19 coronavirus testing with rapid self-test kits at Olympic Park on June 27 in Seoul. Yonhap Donna Danish, in costume as an alien lady, and Joe Danish, in costume as a Flux capacitor from the film Back to the Future, attend AlienFest during the UFO Festival on July 2, 2021 in Roswell, New Mexico. - The festival returns during the July 4th holiday weekend following the Covid-19 pandemic. AFP Repeat female champion Annie Seawright-Newton is lifted into the air after winning the 47th annual Hermosa Beach Ironman competition where participants must run a mile, paddle a surfboard a mile, and chug a six-pack of beer on July 4, 2021 in Hermosa Beach, California. AFP Billy Klaus, of Hammond, dances during the Light up the Lake Independence Day Celebration at the Mandeville Lakefront in Mandeville, Louisiana, U.S., July 4, 2021.  REUTERS A person with a rainbow colored face mask attends a pride rally for visibility and freedom in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, June 26, 2021. More th

Jul 7, 2021By Choi Won-suk
Pandemic is not over yet
  • New virus cases soar to second-highest since beginning of pandemic
  • Korea enters 4th wave of pandemic
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Daily life in Tokyo as Olympics approach

A general view of the Olympic Rings installed on a floating platform with the Rainbow Bridge in the background in preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan June 21, 2021. Picture taken with long exposure. REUTERS Security officers stand guard next to Olympic Rings monument during an anti-Olympics rally outside the Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) headquarters near the National Stadium, the main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, June 14, 2021. REUTERS A woman wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus rides a bicycle in the rain Monday, June 14, 2021, in Tokyo. Japan is desperately pushing to accelerate the pace of inoculations before the Tokyo Olympics. AP  A cabin attendant of Japan Airlines (JAL) receives a dose of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the company's facility at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan June 14, 2021. REUTERS A worker attaches a Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games banner on a lamp post in

Jul 1, 2021By Choi Won-suk
Daily life in Tokyo as Olympics approach
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2021 Pulitzer Prize: Bearing witness to history

A protester carries a U.S. flag upside down, a sign of distress, next to a burning building, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night. The image was part of a series of photographs by The Associated Press that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography. AP Bystanders watch as police walk down a street May 28, 2020, in St. Paul, Minn. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night. The image was part of a series of photographs by The Associated Press that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography. AP A protester raises her fist in the air next to a burning police vehicle in Los Angeles, May 30, 2020, during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd. The image was part of a series of photographs by The Associated Press that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography. AP New York police officers arrest people inside a

Jun 15, 2021By Choi Won-suk
2021 Pulitzer Prize: Bearing witness to history
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China's farmers push back the desert one tree at a time

Li Lanying, poses for a picture with shoots of Huabang, a yellow flowering bush known as the "sweetvetch", as she plants them with her family on edge of the Gobi desert on the outskirts of Wuwei, Gansu province, China, April 15, 2021. Tree-planting has been at the heart of China's environmental efforts for decades as the country seeks to turn barren deserts and marshes near its borders into farmland. The flowering bush known as the sweetvetch has an 80% success rate even in harsh desert conditions and has become a key part of efforts to "hold down the sand". REUTERS Wang Tianchang, 78, and his family walk through square grids of grass and bushes planted by hand to prevent sand movement, a practice known as "holding down the sand", while planting  Huabang, a yellow flowering bush known as the "sweetvetch", on the edge of the Gobi desert on the outskirts of Wuwei, Gansu province, China, April 15, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. Tree-planting has been at the heart of China's environmental efforts for decades as the country seeks to turn barren deserts and marshes near its bo

Jun 9, 2021By Choi Won-suk
China's farmers push back the desert one tree at a time
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'Super blood moon' glows across globe

The flower supermoon rises behind the columns of the ancient marble temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, about 70 Km (45 miles) south of Athens, on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. AP Full moon rising behind Palamidi castle in Nafplio, Greece 25 May 2021. EPA  A couple takes a selfie with the full moon in the background, the second and last super moon this year, called the 'Flower Moon,' as it rises over the castle in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia, 25 May 2021. EPA A supermoon gives backdrop to a Brood X cicada as it breaks out of its nymph shell on the branch of a tree, late Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in Lutherville-Timonium, Md. AP A man leaves after fishing in the Missouri River as the nearly full moon rises beyond the downtown skyline, late Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. AP A surfer falls off his board as the moon rises in Sydney Wednesday, May 26, 2021. A total lunar eclipse, also known as a Super Blood Moon will take place later tonight as the moon appears slightly reddish-orange in colour. AP The lunar eclipse progresses is seen over San

May 27, 2021By Choi Won-suk
'Super blood moon' glows across globe
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Israel-Palestine conflict escalates

An Israeli artillery unit fires shells towards targets in Gaza Strip, at the Israeli Gaza border, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. AP Fire billow from Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, on May 10, 2021. - Israel launched deadly air strikes on Gaza in response to a barrage of rockets fired by the Islamist movement Hamas amid spiralling violence sparked by unrest at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. AFP Palestinians burn tires during a demonstration along the Israel-Gaza border, east of Gaza city on May 8, 2021. AFP  A part of a wheat field goes in flames after Palestinians in Gaza sent incendiary balloons over the border near Nir Am, southern Israel May 9, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS Israeli soldiers stand across a fire caused by incendiary balloons launched from the Gaza Strip, in a field near the southern Israeli kibbutz of Nir Am on May 9, 2021. AFP Rockets are fired from Gaza City towards Israel on May 10, 2021. AFP  A Palestinian demonstrator hurls rocks with a slingshot ne

May 12, 2021By Choi Won-suk
Israel-Palestine conflict escalates
  • 35 killed in Gaza, 3 in Israel, as violence escalates
  • Israel steps up Gaza offensive, kills senior Hamas figures
  • Nowhere to run: Fear in Gaza grows amid conflict with Israel
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