Korea Times photographer wins award for heartbreaking portrait
Kim Jung-ju, 87, a wartime forced laborer at Nachi-Fujikoshi's aircraft parts factory in 1945, wipes away tears during an interview with The Korea Times at her home in Seoul, Nov. 21. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk
By Park Si-soo
Choi Won-suk
Korea Times photographer Choi Won-suk has won consecutive awards at the monthly news photography contest hosted by the Korea Press Photographers' Association (KPPA).
He was awarded the best news photography prize for November in the portrait category for his photo titled "Forced labor and tears that don't stop running for 70 years.”
, he won in the same category with “Mom, we will get together again, someday."
To see the award-winning photo: https://bit.ly/2S6sEiR
The photo, taken on Nov. 21 in Seoul and released on Nov. 29, shows Kim Jung-ju, 87, a wartime forced laborer at Nachi-Fujikoshi's aircraft parts factory in 1945, wiping away tears while recollecting her ordeal.
Kim, a native of Suncheon, South Jeolla Province, was one of over 1,000 teenage girls who were part of an all-female "volunteer labor corps" mobilized to assemble Japan's war supplies at a factory run by Nachi-Fujikoshi from 1944 to 1945.
Choi joined The Korea Times in 2014 after working at AFP, Getty Images and Arirang TV.