Covid-19 Archives | Jun Michael Park Seoul Photographer + Filmmaker Tue, 26 Jul 2022 08:57:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/junmichaelpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-Seoul-Photographer-Jun-Michael-Park-favicon.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Covid-19 Archives | Jun Michael Park 32 32 65066964 South Korea’s Covid-19 Success Started with Failure for Vox https://junmichaelpark.com/south-korea-covid-19-success-started-with-failure-vox/ Sun, 16 May 2021 01:21:35 +0000 https://junmichaelpark.com/?p=4589 Photos by @junmichaelpark @seoulphotographer / Earlier this year I drove all over Korea to report and photograph for @voxdotcom’s Pandemic Playbook series, racking up some 1500km (932 miles). The series explores the successes and setbacks of six different countries in their fight against Covid-19. Korea’s strategy to test and trace was …

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]]> 4589 Overworked Delivery Driver for Nikkei Asia https://junmichaelpark.com/overworked-delivery-driver-korea-nikkei-asia/ Sun, 07 Feb 2021 12:18:57 +0000 https://junmichaelpark.com/?p=4553 Photos by @junmichaelpark @seoulphotographer for @nikkeiasia / In January I photographed Mr. Park Seung-hwan, a South Korean delivery driver for CJ Logistics. Logistics and e-commerce companies across the world have seen their profit and value increase exponentially as people have been making more purchases online. However, delivery workers in Asia, the foot soldiers of …

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]]> 4553 How to Live with the Virus for Bloomberg Businessweek https://junmichaelpark.com/how-to-live-with-the-virus-bloomberg-businessweek/ Sat, 12 Dec 2020 08:12:00 +0000 https://junmichaelpark.com/?p=4520 Photos by @junmichaelpark @seoulphotographer for @businessweek / In November I joined Bloomberg’s Matt Campbell on a 5-day journey to report on South Korea’s relative success against COVID-19. We interviewed restaurant and pub owners in a popular nightlife district in Seoul, a scientist at the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, the health minister, …

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]]> 4520 South Korea’s Covid-19 Contact Tracing for Le Monde https://junmichaelpark.com/south-korea-contact-tracing-le-monde/ Thu, 10 Dec 2020 08:55:00 +0000 https://junmichaelpark.com/?p=4529 Photos by @junmichaelpark @seoulphotographer for @lemondefr / In late November, I spent an afternoon following two public officers from the Seocho District Office in southern Seoul. These officers work as epidemiological investigators at the frontline of South Korea’s battle against Covid-19. The country has contained the coronavirus through aggressive testing and contact tracing, …

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