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Award-winning 'Man in the Mirror' photo captures true self of surgeon-novelist

Plastic surgeon-novelist Kim You-myung is seen in a mirror in the award-winning photo, “The Man in the Mirror,” taken by Korea Times photographer Shim Hyun-chul on May 7. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul Korea Times photographer Shim Hyun-chul wins KPPA's Best Portrait Photo award By Kang Hyun-kyungKorea Times photographer Shim Hyun-chul's “The Man in the Mirror” won the Best Portrait Photo of the month award from the Korea Press Photographers' Association.In the award-winning work, Shim zoomed in on the plastic surgeon-novelist Kim You-myung, 50, seen in a mirror in his clinic in Seoul's affluent southern district of Gangnam. “The Man in the Mirror” zeros in on the surgeon-novelist's identity, pointing to what the person is really about. It literally and symbolically reflects a true self that others rarely know. Kim says a person's face can tell a lot about how they have lived their life. More than being just skin deep, the stories that radiate from a subject's

Jun 23, 2021By Kang Hyun-kyung

Award-winning 'Man in the Mirror' photo captures true self of surgeon-novelist

PHOTOS Delivery workers continue strike

A pile of unsorted parcels at a logistics center in Songpa District, Seoul, as delivery workers continue their strike for better working conditions, June 16. Workers have demanded that logistics companies hire additional employees to sort parcels, which they say is the main cause of existing employees' overwork. The government offered them a deal to reduce their work to 60 hours per week, but they said that they will not take the deal unless their employers “compensate” for lost work hours. YonhapThe delivery workers' union holds a rally demanding better working conditions at Yeouido Park, Seoul, June 16. YonhapMembers of the delivery workers' union chant slogans during a rally at Yeouido Park, Seoul, June 16. YonhapDelivery workers continue their strike even at night at Yeouido Park, Seoul, June 15. YonhapPolice and delivery workers in a confrontation during a rally at Yeouido Park, Seoul, June 15. YonhapA delivery worker ties a red band around his head that says “Unity, Struggle” before participating in a rally at Yeouido Park, Seoul, June 16. Yonhap

Jun 16, 2021

Delivery workers continue strike [PHOTOS]

PHOTOS Moon at the G7 summit in the UK

Front row from left, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, France's President Emmanuel Macron, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, U.S. President Joe Biden; from left in the second row, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison; from left in the third row, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, European Council President Charles Michel, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pose during the G-7 summit in Cornwall, U.K., June 13 (local time). YonhapBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson greets President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook upon their arrival for the G-7 meeting at Carbis Bay in Cornwall, June 12. YonhapBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his spouse Carrie, left, pose with President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook for photos at Carbis Bay in Cornwall, June 12. YonhapU.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, center, with, from left, Italy's Prime Minister Mar

Jun 13, 2021

Moon at the G7 summit in the UK [PHOTOS]

PHOTOS Students back in school in South Jeolla Province

Students at Mandeok Elementary school play traditional Korean musical instruments during an afterschool class in Damyang, South Jeolla Province, June 7. South Jeolla Province was the first region to allow all students to attend in-person classes. A total of 822 elementary, middle and high schools started face-to-face classes for approximately 203,000 students, Monday. YonhapStudents at Mandeok Elementary School in Damyang, South Jeolla Province, play violin during an afterschool program, June 7. YonhapMiddle school students take an art class in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, June 7. YonhapTwo elementary students walk into their school in Jangseong, South Jeolla Province, June 7. Yonhap.

Jun 8, 2021

Students back in school in South Jeolla Province [PHOTOS]

PHOTOS Jongmyo's 'sinju' moved for repair work

Officials dressed in hanbok move 49 pieces of “sinju” ― wooden tablets of kings and queens of the Joseon Kingdom ― from Jongmyo Shrine to Changdeok Palace, June 5. The pavilion in which the tablets were enshrined will undergo renovation. The large-scale relocation is the first in 151 years. YonhapOfficials participate in rituals at Jongmyo Shrine before moving the 49 spirit tablets known as “sinju,” June 5. Courtesy of Cultural Heritage AdministrationOfficials burn incense on altars during an ancestral ceremony before moving the “sinju” tablets, June 5. Courtesy of Cultural Heritage AdministrationOfficials stand before the altars during an ancestral ceremony, June 5. Courtesy of Cultural Heritage AdministrationOfficials prepare for an ancestral ceremony, June 5. Courtesy of Cultural Heritage AdministrationOfficials move the “sinju” tablets from Jongmyo Shrine to Changdeok Palace, June 5. Yonhap

Jun 7, 2021

Jongmyo's 'sinju' moved for repair work [PHOTOS]

PHOTOS Wearing raincoats from Joseon era

Gatekeepers dressed in “dorongis” ― capes to protect the wearer from rain believed to be from the Joseon Kingdom ― walk in line to take shifts at the central gate of Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, June 3. YonhapGatekeepers dressed in “dorongis” stand guard in front of the south gate of Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, June 3. YonhapTwo people walk past the south gate of Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, June 3. YonhapPeople with umbrellas walk along the stonewall path of Deoksu Palace as rain falls in Seoul, June 3. Yonhap

Jun 4, 2021

Wearing raincoats from Joseon era [PHOTOS]

PHOTOS A relaxing Sunday by the Han River

 Visitors and local residents sit in the shade under trees at Banpo Hangang Park in Seocho District, Seoul, May 30. YonhapBanpo Hangang Park is crowded with visitors, May 30. YonhapA person rides a bicycle in Banpo Hangang Park, Seocho District, Seoul, which is crowded with people enjoying the clear weather, May 30. Yonhap

May 31, 2021

A relaxing Sunday by the Han River [PHOTOS]

PHOTOS Roses in full bloom

A man holding a rainbow umbrella takes a photo of red roses in full bloom at the Rose Park in Gokseong, South Jeolla Province, May 25. The annual World Rose Festival was canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. YonhapTwo women take a selfie with pink carnations in the background at the Rose Park in Gokseong, South Jeolla Province, May 25. YonhapVisitors enjoy roses in full bloom at the Rose Park in Gokseong, South Jeolla Province, May 25. YonhapTwo women look at a statue decorated with flowers at the Rose Park in Gokseong, South Jeolla Province, May 25. YonhapVisitors stroll along a trail of a rose-decorated walkway in Danyang County, North Chungcheong Province, May 25. Courtesy of Danyang CountyA woman wearing a mask takes a photo of roses blooming in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, May 25. YonhapVisitors wearing masks walk through a garden of roses in full bloom in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, May 25. Yonhap

May 26, 2021

PHOTOS Transplanting rice seedlings at Changdeok Palace

Workers wearing white hanbok hand-transplant rice seedlings in the paddy in Changdeok Palace's Secret Garden, Seoul, May 24. This annual event was held without visitors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulA man hand-transplants rice seedlings in the paddy during a demonstration in Changdeok Palace's Secret Garden, Seoul, May 24. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulTwo people hold a “motjul,” or rice seedling cord, across the paddy, so that the others can bend over to hand-transplant rice seedlings along it, in Changdeok Palace's Secret Garden, Seoul, May 24. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulWorkers wearing masks bend over to hand-transplant rice seedlings in the rice paddy in Changdeok Palace's Secret Garden, Seoul, May 24. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulPeople pound steamed glutinous rice with wooden hammers during a demonstration on the Changdeok Palace grounds in Seoul, May 24. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulPeople dressed in traditional clothing standing next to the rice paddy at the annual rice seedling hand-transplanting demonst

May 24, 2021

Transplanting rice seedlings at Changdeok Palace [PHOTOS]

PHOTOS Scenes from 2021 Billboard Music Awards

In this video image provided by NBC, BTS performs during the Billboard Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, Calif., May 23 (local time). AP-YonhapIn this video image provided by NBC, BTS performs during the Billboard Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, May 23. AP-YonhapThe Jonas Brothers perform at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, May 23. Reuters-YonhapDrake, accompanied by his son, Adonis, accepts the award for “Artist of the Decade” at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, Calif., May 23. Reuters-YonhapDJ Khaled, front left, and H.E.R., front right, perform with Takeoff, from background left, Quavo and Offset, of Migos, at the Billboard Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, May 23. AP-YonhapSinger Pink and her daughter, Willow, perform at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, May 21. Reuters-YonhapPuerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny performs at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angele