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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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Extreme weather grips globe

A Pittsburgh Steelers fan clears snow from his row of seats before an NFL wild-card playoff football game between the Buffalo Bills and the Pittsburgh Steelers in Buffalo, N.Y., Jan. 15. AP/Yonhap A Buffalo Bills fan sits among snow-covered seats while waiting for the start of an NFL wild-card playoff football game between the Buffalo Bills and the Pittsburgh Steelers in Buffalo, N.Y., Jan. 15. AP/Yonhap Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) walks off the field after defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers in an NFL wild-card playoff football game in Buffalo, N.Y., Jan. 15. AP/Yonhap  A man with a frost-covered cap visits the observation deck at Vorobyovy gory (Sparrow Hills) in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 3. The air temperatures in Moscow reached about minus 26 degrees Celsius. EPA-Yonhap A cyclist rides in a street of Aalborg, northern Jutland, Denmark, during heavy snowfall, Jan. 3. AP-Yonhap A person walks down the middle of a street lined with cars buried in snow in Kristiansand, Norway, Jan. 3. AP-Yonhap Hundreds of vehicles are stu

Jan 16, 2024By Choi Won-suk
Extreme weather grips globe
  • 2023 confirmed as hottest year on record
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Japan hit by 7.6-magnitude earthquake

Bystanders look at earthquake damage somewhere near the town of Noto on the Noto Peninsula, northwest of Tokyo, Tuesday, following Monday's deadly earthquake. A series of powerful earthquakes that hit western Japan damaged thousands of buildings, vehicles and boats. Officials warned that more tremors could lie ahead. AP-YonhapA collapsed building lies on its side following an earthquake in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, Tuesday. A series of major earthquakes started fires and collapsed buildings on the west coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu. AP-Yonhap Cracks are seen in the ground in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, Monday, following an earthquake. Japan issued tsunami alerts Monday following a series of strong quakes in the sea. AP-Yonhap A torii gate damaged by an earthquake lies in pieces at a shrine in Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, Monday.  AP-Yonhap A house destroyed by an earthquake is seen in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, Monday. Reuters-Yonhap People walk along an earthquake-damaged road in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture,

Jan 3, 2024By Choi Won-suk
Japan hit by 7.6-magnitude earthquake
  • Japan quake: survivors face freezing rain, threat of landslides
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PHOTOS New Year's celebration in Pyongyang

People attend the New Year's eve gala of youth and students at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Dec. 31, 2023. AP-Yonhap Citizens gather for the New Year's eve gala of youth and students at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Dec. 31, 2023. AP-Yonhap People attend the New Year's eve gala of youth and students at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Dec. 31, 2023. AP-Yonhap People attend the New Year's eve gala of youth and students at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. AP-Yonhap People attend the New Year's eve gala of youth and students at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Dec. 31, 2023. AP-Yonhap People attend the New Year's eve gala of youth and students at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Dec. 31, 2023. AP-Yonhap People celebrate the New Year 2024 at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Jan. 1. AP-YonhapPeople take part in celebrations to welcome in the new year at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, Jan. 1.  AFP-YonhapPeople visit an open-air ice rin

Jan 1, 2024By Choi Won-suk
[PHOTOS] New Year's celebration in Pyongyang
  • World rings in 2024 after war, bots and Barbie
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New Year 2024 celebrations around world

 A couple release a lantern as people fire fireworks to mark the arrival of the New Year at a beach in Sihanoukville, the coastal capital of Preah Sihanouk province, Jan. 1. AFP-Yonhap A reveler wears neon spectacles to ring in the New Year in Beijing, Dec. 31, 2023. AP-Yonhap People celebrate New Year's Eve in Palu in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province, Jan. 1. Reuters-Yonhap Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Jan. 1. AFP-Yonhap A light show is projected on the Arc de Triomphe during a New Year's celebration on the Champs Elysees in Paris, Dec. 31, 2023. AP-Yonhap Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill during New Year's celebrations in Athens, Greece, Jan. 1. Reuters-Yonhap A couple kisses next to a Christmas tree during a celebration of New Year's Eve, amid ongoing Russia's invasion on Ukraine, in front of the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec. 31, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap People stroll through the main shopping and

Jan 1, 2024By Choi Won-suk
New Year 2024 celebrations around world
  • World rings in 2024 after war, bots and Barbie
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Members of Brazil's School of Santa Claus are seen aboard a tram as they celebrate the graduation of a new class of Santas ahead of the 2023 Christmas season in Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 31. AFP-Yonhap A man dressed as Santa Claus (known in French as Pere Noel) and his secretaries read and answer Christmas letters at the Christmas post office in Libourne, near Bordeaux, France, Nov. 27. EPA-Yonhap Members of Brazil's School of Santa Claus celebrate the graduation of a new class of Santas ahead of the 2023 Christmas season in Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 31. AFP-Yonhap Hotel staff and guests mix dried fruits, nuts and alcohol during a Christmas cake-mixing ceremony on International Chefs Day at a hotel in Chennai, India, Oct. 20. EPA-Yonhap Workers get ready for Christmas season at a Walmart store in Teterboro, New Jersey, Oct. 26, 2016. Reuters-Yonhap Bolivian Aimara women take part in a Christmas parade to mark the start of the holiday season in La Paz, Nov. 24. EPA-Yonhap A man dressed as Santa Claus waves as a train arrives carrying pas

Nov 28, 2023By Choi Won-suk
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
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2023 Thanksgiving parade in NYC

Handlers guide the Pokemon balloon along Central Park West during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Nov. 23. AP-Yonhap A partially filled balloon floats above the road during inflation for the 97th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Nov. 22. AP-Yonhap The Snoopy balloon follows the Tom Turkey float during the 97th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Nov. 23. Reuters-Yonhap Parade performers lead the Tom Turkey float down Central Park West at the start of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Nov. 23. AP-Yonhap Cheerleaders participate in the 97th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Nov. 23. Reuters-Yonhap  Performers dance along Sixth Avenue during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2023 in New York, Nov. 23. UPI-Yonhap A spectator gets a close-up look at the Leo balloon as it passes by on Sixth Avenue during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2023 in New York, Nov. 23. UPI-Yonhap Handlers guide the Red Titan from "Ryan's World" balloon down Central Park West during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Pa

Nov 24, 2023By Choi Won-suk
2023 Thanksgiving parade in NYC
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Appreciation of autumn colors

Women wearing traditional hanbok dresses stand near trees with autumnal foliage as they visit Gyeongbok Palace grounds in Seoul, Nov. 2. Built in 1395, the palace was the largest of the five grand palaces built by the 1392-1910 Joseon Dynasty, the last dynastic kingdom of Korea. AFP-Yonhap Women wearing traditional hanbok dresses walk under a under a ginkgo tree with autumnal foliage in Gyeongbok Palace grounds in central Seoul, Nov. 2. AFP-Yonhap A boy enjoys a warm autumn day riding a scooter along a path in the Main Botanical Garden of Moscow, Russia, Oct. 31. The temperature in Moscow rose to 11 degrees Celsius, which is unusual for the last day of October. AP-Yonhap A couple barbecue food on a warm autumn day in a special area of the Main Botanical Garden in Moscow, Russia, Oct. 31. AP-Yonhap This aerial photo taken on Nov. 1 shows an autumn view of a village in Hongcun Town, Yixian County, Huangshan City, central China's Anhui province. Xinhua-Yonhap Autumn foliage surrounds two ponds in a forest of the Taunus region in Frankfurt, Germany, Oct

Nov 13, 2023By Choi Won-suk
Appreciation of autumn colors
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Our children deserve better

Afghan refugee children warm themselves with fire in a camp near the Torkham Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham, Afghanistan, Nov. 4. A huge number of Afghans refugees entered the Torkham border to return home hours before the expiration of a Pakistani government deadline for those who are in the country illegally to leave or face deportation. AP-Yonhap Afghan refugee children warm themselves with fire in a camp near the Torkham Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham, Afghanistan, Nov. 4. AP-Yonhap Women and children from displaced families, who returned from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip to the north due to the dangers and difficulties they faced there under Israeli bombardment, take shelter at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Oct. 25, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. EPA-Yonhap A Palestinian man carries his injued daughter at the Najjar hospital following an Israeli air strike on a home in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 30. UPI-Yonhap Palestinian women and children react following Isra

Nov 6, 2023By Choi Won-suk
Our children deserve better
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Israel-Gaza conflict erupts into war

A Palestinian demonstrator throws rocks towards Israeli soldiers during clashes in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on October 8, 2023. Israel, reeling from the deadliest attack on its territory in half a century, formally declared war on Hamas on October 8, as the conflict's death toll surged to 1,000 after the Palestinian militant group launched a massive surprise assault from Gaza. AFP-Yonhap An Israeli soldier directs a self-propelled howitzer near the southern city of Ashkelon on October 8, 2023.  AFP-Yonhap Palestinians celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis southern Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. AP-Yonhap Palestinians break into the Israeli side of Israel-Gaza border fence after gunmen infiltrated areas of southern Israel, October 7, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap Israeli soldiers patrol on the roads near the border with Gaza, 08 October 2023. Israel announced initiating a large-scale operation 'Swords of Iron' after surprise attacks on Israel on 07 October claimed by the Islamist movement Hamas killed more than

Oct 10, 2023By Choi Won-suk
Israel-Gaza conflict erupts into war
  • Israel strikes and seals off Gaza after incursion by Hamas, which vows to execute hostages
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Team Korea' s decisive moments at Asian Games

Shin Yu-bin of Korea in action during her women's singles semifinal match against Sun Yingsha of China, at the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022, Hangzhou, China, Oct. 1. Reuters-Yonhap Shin Yu-bin of South Korea in action during her women's singles semifinal match against Sun Yingsha of China, at the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2023, Hangzhou, China, Oct. 1. EPA-Yonhap South Korea's Jeon Jihee, left and Shin Yubin pose for photographers with their gold medals after defeating North Korea in the Table Tennis Women's Doubles Final match for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. AP-Yonhap Hwang Sun-woo of South Korea competes during the men's 100m freestyle final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 24. Xinhua-Yonhap South Korea's Lee Ho-joon, center, competes in the heats of men's 200m freestyle event during the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Sept. 27. AFP-Yonhap South Korea's Lee Ju-ho competes during the mixed 4x100m medley relay swimming heat at the 19th Asian Games in H

Oct 1, 2023By Choi Won-suk
Team Korea' s decisive moments at Asian Games
  • Korea puts up good fight, still falls shy of gold medal target
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