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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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2020 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

United States' Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim perform during the pair short program competition in the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. AP China's Chen Hong and Sun Zhuoming perform during the Ice Dance Rhythm Dance competition in the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. AP Japan's Rikako Fukase and Eichu Cho perform during the Ice Dance Rhythm Dance competition in the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. AP Unites States' Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue perform during the Ice Dance Rhythm Dance competition in the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. AP China's Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu perform during the Ice Dance Rhythm Dance competition in the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. AP Canada's Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier perform during the Ice Dance

Feb 10, 2020By Choi Won-suk
2020 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
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Iowa Caucus 2020: The race has begun for the next leader

Amy Pfeiffer, an executive assistant from Production Management One, irons a US flag in advance of the Pete for America caucus night watch party in the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucus for the 2020 Democratic presidential race at Drake University Bell Center in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, 03 February 2020. EPA People jump down from a mound of snow after Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign stop at the Bernie 2020 Cedar Rapids Field Office, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. AP Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., arrivers at a campaign stop at the Bernie 2020 Cedar Rapids Field Office, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. AP Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden (L) greets voters during a campaign event on February 02, 2020 in Dubuque, Iowa. With one day to go before the 2020 Iowa Presidential caucuses, Joe Biden is campaigning across Iowa. AFP Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) addresses an overflow crowd in the Kent Campus Ce

Feb 7, 2020By Choi Won-suk
Iowa Caucus 2020: The race has begun for the next leader
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Coronavirus Outbreak

A masked passenger rides a bus in Seoul ,Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul  Men wait for an examination during conscription at the Seoul Regional Military Manpower Administration in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, Monday. Amid fears of a coronavirus infection, almost all examinees and medical staff there wore masks. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul Men wait for an examination during conscription at the Seoul Regional Military Manpower Administration in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, Monday. Amid fears of a coronavirus infection, almost all examinees and medical staff there wore masks. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul A woman wears a mask in the main streets in Myeongdong. Myeongdong is hit by a decreasing number of tourists from China. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul One of the main streets in Namdaemun which is nearly empty. The city is hit by a decreasing number of tourists from China. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul South Korean protesters attend a rally calling for a ban on Chinese people entering South Korea near the presiden

Feb 6, 2020By Choi Won-suk
Coronavirus Outbreak
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Final goodbye to The Spitzer Space Telescope

This composite image made available by NASA shows the spider part of "The Spider and the Fly" nebulae, IC 417, where many stars are formed, captured in infrared by the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). Located in the constellation Auriga, it is about 10,000 light-years away from Earth in the outer part of the Milky Way, almost exactly in the opposite direction from the galactic center. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP) This composite image made available by NASA shows the galaxy NGC 4258, also known as M106, about 23 million light-years away from Earth. Two extra spiral arms glow in X-ray, optical, and radio light. These anomalous arms are not aligned with the plane of the galaxy. The data was captured by the NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, the National Science Foundation's Karl Jansky Very Large Array, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope. (NASA/CXC/JPL-Caltech/STScI/NSF/NRAO/VLA via AP) This image made available by NASA shows the Cat's Paw Nebula inside the Milky Way Galaxy located in the constellation Scorpius, captured by

Feb 3, 2020By Choi Won-suk
Final goodbye to The Spitzer Space Telescope
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Dakar 2020

Botswana's motorbike rider Ross Branch drives his KTM  as he competes in the Stage 7 of the Dakar 2020 between Riyadh and Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia, on January 12, 2020. AFP Paulo Gonçalves of Portugal rides his Hero motorbike during stage seven of the Dakar Rally between Riyadh and Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. Gonçalves, 40, died after an accident at kilometer 276. AP Nani Roma of Spain (Borgward Rally Team) in action during stage eight of the Rally Dakar 2020 in Wadi Al-Dawasir, Saudi Arabia, 13 January 2020. EPA Toyota's Saudi driver Yazeed Al Rajhi and co-driver Russian Konstantin Zhiltsov compete in the Stage 7 of the Dakar 2020 between Riyadh and Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia, on January 12, 2020. AFP In this Monday, Jan. 13, 2020 photo, driver Quan Ruan, of China, and co-driver Yirong Wang, of China, race their Chevrolet during stage eight of the Dakar Rally in Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia. Formerly known as the Paris-Dakar Rally, the race was created by Thierry Sabine after he got lost in the Libyan desert i

Jan 20, 2020By Choi Won-suk
Dakar 2020
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"Women are better leaders than men," says Obama

 A woman and a child ride an electric tricycle in the old town of Luoyang, Henan province, China January 21, 2019. Reuters A woman reacts to the sun coming out of the clouds during the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival on Fifth Avenue in New York City, New York, U.S. April 21, 2019. Reuters Huang Wensi in action during her final training session in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China, before she heads to Taiwan for her Asia Female Continental Super Flyweight Championship match, September 23, 2018. Huang is one of a small but growing number of women in China to embrace professional boxing, relishing its intense nature despite traditional stereotypes that steer women away from such activities. "A woman is not just limited to being a wife or mother in the house," she said. Reuters A displaced woman looks at her child who is hiding behind her dress, in a school now occupied by IDPs (Internally Displaced People) after heavy rains and floods forced hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes, in the town of Pibor, Boma state, South Sudan, November 6, 2019.&

Jan 16, 2020By Choi Won-suk
"Women are better leaders than men," says Obama
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Philippines volcano eruption forces thousands to flee

Lightning flashes as the Taal volcano erupts in Tagaytay, the Philippines, Jan. 12, 2020. The Philippines raised the alert level to 4 on a scale of 5 over the Taal volcano eruption on Sunday, saying that "hazardous explosive eruption is possible within hours to days" as volcanic activity increased. Xinhua People take cover under a large plastic sheet as a column of ash spews from erupting Taal Volcano over Tagaytay city, Philippines, 12 January 2020. According to media reports, evacuations are underway as the volcano spewed ash as high as 1,000 meters into the sky. EPA A man uses an umbrella to shield him from ashfalls as Taal Volcano erupts Sunday Jan. 12, 2020, in Tagaytay, Cavite province, outside Manila, Philippines.  A tiny volcano near the Philippine capital that draws many tourists for its picturesque setting in a lake belched steam, ash and rocks in a huge plume Sunday, prompting thousands of residents to flee and officials to temporarily suspend flights. AP  This handout file aerial photo taken and released on December 13, 2019 by the New Zealand Def

Jan 14, 2020By Choi Won-suk
Philippines volcano eruption forces thousands to flee
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Venezuela's crisis continues in 2020

In this Nov. 28, 2019 photo published on Dec. 27, Zaida Bravo, who suffers Parkinson's disease and is malnourished, waits for dinner on her dirty mattress in her one room living quarters in Maracaibo, Venezuela. The 48-year-old's sister Ana Bravo brings her food when she can, but for the last four years the older sister has had trouble affording even rice or cornmeal. "We can't find her medicine or even know how to help her, so we're letting what happens happen," Ana Bravo, 57, said. "Sometimes, I'm afraid to go inside and find her dead." AP Miguel Blanco, who was born with Hydrocephalus, lays in a bed where his brother places a photograph of him when he was a toddler in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Nov. 27, 2019. Blanco, 28, lives with his unemployed mother who can only afford to feed him once a day. AP An image of the Virgin Mary hangs from a brick wall next to the room where the corpse of Teresa Jimenez is prepared following her death from natural causes at the age of 91 in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Nov. 17, 2019. The cost of transporting a body, buying a casket and burial plot for

Jan 3, 2020By Choi Won-suk
Venezuela's crisis continues in 2020
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New Year around the world

 A woman celebrates as she watches the traditional New Year's fireworks at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 31, 2019. AFP The New Year video display on the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysees  in Paris, France, 01 January 2020. EPA Fireworks explode behind the quadriga of Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate to usher in the New Year on January 1, 2020. AFP  In this Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, file photo, Joey Flores, of California, uses his cellphone as confetti falls during a New Year's celebration in New York's Times Square. New York City’s counterterrorism czar expects Times Square to be “the safest place on the planet Earth” on New Year’s Eve. AP Children spin burning steelwools to sprinkle fire sparks as they celebrate the new year on a street of Kibera slum in Nairobi, on January 1, 2020. AFP A Filipino poses for a selfie beside exploding firecrackers as they celebrate the coming of the New Year early Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020 in Manila, Philippines. Filipinos welcome the New Year with noise and fir

Jan 1, 2020By Choi Won-suk
New Year around the world
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Making a list and checking it twice

A diver wearing a Santa Claus costume gives a performance at the COEX Aquarium in Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk This Dec. 3, 2019, photo shows Adam Black having his photo taken with Santa Claus in Napakiak, Alaska. The Alaska National Guard brought its Operation Santa Claus to the western Alaska community, which is being severely eroded by the nearby Kuskokwim River. AP A runner dressed as Santa Claus walks past soldiers before the start of the Christmas Corrida Race in Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris, France, December 15, 2019. Reuters Participants take part in the 2019 Toronto Santa Speedo Run in Toronto, Canada, Dec. 14, 2019. Dozens of participants dressed in bathing suits and Santa Claus hats took part in this annual event on Saturday to raise money for sick kids. Xinhua Revellers gather for the start of the Annual SantaCon Bar Crawl at Father Duffy Square, a section of Times Square, on December 14, 2019, in New York. - SantCon is an event where people make donations to charitable causes and dress up as a Christmas character and visit ba

Dec 19, 2019By Choi Won-suk
Making a list and checking it twice
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