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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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NASA's Perseverance rover is landing on Mars

In this illustration made available by NASA, the spacecraft containing the Perseverance rover slows down using the drag generated by traveling through the Martian atmosphere. AP/NASA In this illustration made available by NASA, the Perseverance rover casts off its spacecraft's cruise stage, minutes before entering the Martian atmosphere.  AP/NASA In this illustration made available by NASA, the Perseverance rover, with its heat shield facing the planet, begins its descent through the Martian atmosphere. AP/NASA In this illustration made available by NASA, the Perseverance rover deploys a supersonic parachute from its aeroshell as it slows down before landing on the surface of Mars.  AP/NASA  Members of NASA?s Perseverance Mars rover team study data on monitors in mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, U.S. February 18, 2021. REUTERS/NASA  A handout photo made available by NASA shows Members of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover team study data on monitors in mission contro

Feb 19, 2021By Choi Won-suk
NASA's Perseverance rover is landing on Mars
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Fun in the snow, sledding for everyone

Andrew Forslund, 10, loses control of his sled as he catches air on a ramp at Wright Park as snow falls in Tacoma, Wash., on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. A winter storm blanketed the Pacific Northwest with ice and snow Saturday, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power and disrupting travel across the region. AP Snow flies up around Julius Myers, 54 of Flint, as he sleds at Southwestern Classical Academy Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, in Flint, Mich., after more than 9 inches of snow fell overnight. "Playing in the snow keeps you young," said Myers, who joined his 5-year-old grandson Cam Weatherford on the hill for hours. It was the same hill Myers would sled at his age. "Feels like the same snow all those years ago. This makes me feel like a kid again." AP Styles Godard, 7 of Flint, Mich., falls off his sled Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, at Southwestern Classical Academy in Flint, after an overnight snowfall. AP   Matt Gerber Jr., 9, left, of Flint, Mich., and Addisen Athey, 11 of Swartz Creek, Mich., sled downhill Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, at Southwestern Classic

Feb 18, 2021By Choi Won-suk
Fun in the snow, sledding for everyone
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Our children deserve better: Part 3

A migrant bathes his child at the San Vicente Migrants Reception Station (SRM) in Meteti, Darien Province, in Panama on February 9, 2021. - Migrants from Haiti and several African countries are stranded at the Panama-Colombia border, while the Central American country is expecting a new wave of migrants. AFP Yemeni children suffering from cancer undergo medical treatment at a leukemia ward of a hospital on World Cancer Day, in Sana’a, Yemen, 04 February 2021. World Cancer Day is annually observed on 04 February to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. EPA Afghan children look into a window of a car on the outskirts of Jalalabad city east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. AP Motorcycle stuntman Pedro Aldana cleans motorcycle parts with his daughter Alanis as his young neighbor and admirer, 6-year-old Milan Sandoval Ramos, watches from a chair outside their home in the Catia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. AP Francisco Vera, well-known in Colombia for his envi

Feb 13, 2021By Choi Won-suk
Our children deserve better: Part 3
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Mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign starts: Part 2

Olga D'arc Pimentel, 72, is vaccinated by a health worker with a dose of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine in the Nossa Senhora Livramento community on the banks of the Rio Negro near Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil on February 9, 2021. AFP Municipal health workers travel on a boat along the Solimoes river banks, where Ribeirinhos (river dwellers) live, to apply the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to the residents, in Manacapuru, Amazonas state, Brazil, February 1, 2021. Picture taken February 1, 2021. REUTERS A patient on a canoe approaches the Papa Francisco boat hospital moored on a river on the border between Para and Amazonas states, in Brazil, on February 5, 2021. - Two hospital boats, the Papa Francisco and Sao Joao Paulo ll, perform various COVID-19 related services. There are more than 15 health professionals in action onboard at any time. It is a health project with Vatican support and funding from the state of Para. AFP Friar Joel helps to assist patients onboard a hospital Boat moored at a river in Oriximina, the border between

Feb 12, 2021By Choi Won-suk
Mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign starts: Part 2
  • Mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign starts: Part 1
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Lunar new year 2021

Red lanterns set for Chinese Lunar New Year are pictured at Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Feb. 2, 2021. Xinhua  A butterfly is seen among incense sticks during its drying process at a home-industry factory, ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, February 10, 2021. REUTERS People wearing protective face masks burn incense for good fortune at a Chinese temple ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year in Bangkok, Thailand, 04 February 2021. EPA People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus light candles marking the start of spring according to the lunar calendar at the Jogye Temple in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. AP Visitors pose for a wefie during the annual Dahlia Dreams floral display ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Ox, otherwise known as the Spring Festival, at Singapore's Gardens by the Bay, January 31, 2021. REUTERS A man wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus passes by a banner calling on residents to refrain

Feb 11, 2021By Choi Won-suk
Lunar new year 2021
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Tens of thousands rally in Myanmar protesting military coup

A police truck sprays water to a crowd of protesters in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Tension in the confrontations between the authorities and demonstrators against last week's coup in Myanmar boiled over Monday, as police fired a water cannon at peaceful protesters in the capital Naypyitaw. AP People show the three-finger salute to protest against the military coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon, Myanmar, February 6, 2021. REUTERS  A young Buddhist novice, wearing a red strip of cloth around his wrist, flashes the three-finger salute, a symbol of resistance against the military coup, from inside a vehicle in Yangon, Myanmar, 07 February 2021. EPA Myanmar people holdiing a large banner reading 'We Do Not Accept The Military Coup' march during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, 07 February 2021. EPA People show the three-finger and hold signs demanding the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar, February 7, 2021. REUTERS&

Feb 9, 2021By Choi Won-suk
Tens of thousands rally in Myanmar protesting military coup
  • Myanmar junta imposes curfew, meeting bans as protests swell
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Myanmar military coup

A Thai pro-democracy protestor confront riot police in Bangkok on February 1, 2021, in the area where Myanmar migrants were demonstrating after Myanmar's military detained the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the country's president in a coup. AFP Traffic cone flies as anti-Thai government protesters clash with riot police after showing up at a rally for Myanmar's democracy outside the embassy, in Bangkok, Thailand February 1, 2021. REUTERS The National League for Democracy flag is seen on a face mask of a Myanmar activist during a protest outside the United Nations University building in Tokyo on February 1, 2021, after Myanmar's military seized power in a bloodless coup and detaining democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi as it imposed a one-year state of emergency. AFP  A member of Myanmar community in Japan holds up a torn picture of Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing during a protest held in front of the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan, 01 February 2021. EPA Burmese living in Thailand shout slogans during a protest i

Feb 2, 2021By Choi Won-suk
Myanmar military coup
  • Myanmar's military takes power in coup, detains Suu Kyi
  • Korea voices 'deep concern' over Myanmar coup, urges release of Aung San Suu Kyi
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PHOTOS While everyone sleeps

A rail worker breathes out while working on Donghae Nambu Line near Taehwagang Station in the southeastern coastal city of Ulsan early in the morning on Jan. 21. YonhapPublic workers risk their lives to keep us safe. They are the spine of our society. By Kwon Mee-yooClean streets, public transportation and parcel service are all parts of everyday life, despite often being taken for granted. However, such services are made possible through the efforts of many unseen laborers. Despite the importance of their role, many laborers are exposed to industrial disasters and work-related accidents.A rail worker leaves a worksite with a ladder on his shoulder after finishing up feeder wiring on Donghae Nambu Line near Taehwagang Station in Ulsan on Jan. 21. YonhapIn 2020, a total of 882 people died from industrial accidents, 27 more than the previous year. Despite the government’s pledge to halve the number of workers killed in the line of duty during its term, the number rebounded from 855 in 2019, after declining from 971 in 2018.Hands are busy connecting and maintaining the feeders, wh

Jan 28, 2021By Choi Won-suk
While everyone sleeps [PHOTOS]
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Biden takes office as 46th president

US President-elect Joe Biden and Jill Biden arrive at his inauguration as US President in Washington, DC, USA, 20 January 2021. Biden won the 03 November 2020 election to become the 46th President of the United States of America.  EPA President-elect Joe Biden’s and Dr. Jill Biden arrive his inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. AP President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill, walk out for the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. AP President-elect Joe Biden his greeted by former President Barrack Obama as he arrives for the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. AP U.S. President-elect Joe Biden fist bumps newly sworn-in Vice President Kamala Harris after she took the oath of office on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. AFP  US President Joe Biden delivers his inauguration speech after being sworn in as the 46th President of the US on January 20, 2021, at the US C

Jan 21, 2021By Choi Won-suk
Biden takes office as 46th president
  • Joe Biden sworn in as 46th president of the United States
  • Biden takes the helm, appeals for unity to take on crises
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Biden-Harris inauguration is taking shape

 The U.S. Capitol Building is prepared for the inauguration ceremonies for President-elect Joe Biden as the "Field of Flags" are placed on the ground on the National Mall, in Washington, U.S., January 18, 2021. Reuters Workers place a large American Flag on the National Mall ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, in Washington. AP Flags are placed on the National Mall, looking towards the Washington Monument, and the Lincoln Memorial, ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, in Washington. AP A closed sign is seen in front of the Capitol building in Frankfort, Kentucky on January 17, 2021, during a nationwide protest called by anti-government and far-right groups supporting US President Donald Trump and his claim of electoral fraud in the November 3 presidential election. AFP National Guard security is increased ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris,

Jan 19, 2021By Choi Won-suk
Biden-Harris inauguration is taking shape
  • Biden, Harris take break from inaugural prep to mark Martin Luther King Junior Day
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