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.
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
By Choi Won-suk
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 stuck on the European route E22 at Ekeröd near Hörby in southern Sweden, Jan. 3. AP-Yonhap
A warmly dressed couple walk their pet dog by the sea on a pier in southern Helsinki, Finland, Jan. 4. Finland's coldest temperature reached minus 42 degrees Celsius in the Northern Lapland town of Enontekiö. AP-Yonhap
A man dressed in warm clothes walks past ice sculptures during cold weather in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 4. EPA-Yonhap
Servicemen of the Honour Guard of the Russian Presidential Regiment march by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin Wall. TASS-Yonhap
Tourists are seen at St Basil's Cathedral in Red Square. The city issued an orange warning valid until Jan. 6 amid severe cold weather. TASS-Yonhap
A sun pillar, an atmospheric optical phenomenon in which a vertical beam of light appears to extend above a light source, is seen over Yakhroma, about 75 kilometers north of Moscow, Jan. 4, during an unusually cold day with the temperature reaching minus 25 degrees Celsius. AP-Yonhap
A clown lies on the beach as revelers enter the cold water during the annual Polar Bear Plunge in New York, Jan. 1. AP-Yonhap
Revelers enter the cold water during the annual Polar Bear Plunge in New York on New Year's Day. AP-Yonhap
A man climbs out from the icy sea onto a pier in southern Helsinki, Finland, Jan. 2. AP-Yonhap
Waves slam into the rocks at Portland Head Light in Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Jan. 10. AP-Yonhap
Vapor rises from the water around a historic tri-master charter sailing ship moored in a port of Oslo, Jan. 5, as the morning sun paints the scene in golden light during unusual cold temperatures around minus 22 degrees Celsius. AFP-Yonhap
Snow covers the ground following a winter storm in Methuen, Massachusetts, Jan. 8. Reuters-Yonhap
A person is framed through a snow-covered fence while walking in a park in Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 9, after a winter storm moved through the region. AP-Yonhap
Laborers warm themselves around a fire on a cold morning in Jammu, India, Jan. 8. AP-Yonhap
A man covers himself in a traditional shawl during cold weather and dense fog conditions in Peshawar, Pakistan, Jan. 4. EPA-Yonhap
Migrants seeking asylum shelter from the cold near the border wall as they wait to be processed by U.S. Border Patrol in El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Jan. 8, during a day of low temperatures. Reuters-Yonhap
A homeless woman cooking food sits near a bonfire as a train passes by the temporary shelters on a cold winter evening in Jalandhar, India, Jan. 2. AFP-Yonhap
A cat sleeps in a barbecue pit in a park on a cold foggy winter morning in Islamabad, Pakistan, Jan. 3. AFP-Yonhap
A Stravinsky Fountain sculpture created by Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle is covered with ice during a cold day in Paris, Jan. 11. AFP-Yonhap
Snow-covered vehicles sit in a rental car parking lot at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Jan. 14. AP-Yonhap
Snow covers an old rusted Ford F3 pickup truck in Pella, Iowa, Jan. 15, as a cold weather system passed through the area. AFP-Yonhap
A sculpture of Jesus that is part of a Creative Steel custom art display is seen in front of Port Neal Welding Company in Salix, Iowa, Jan. 12, during a winter storm. AP-Yonhap