Photos by @junmichaelpark @seoulphotographer for @nytimes / The coronavirus pandemic has largely put international travel on hold. Even when flights are available, many countries, including South Korea, now require a quarantine upon arrival. For international South Korean adoptees that found their birth family after years of searching, this stipulation has added another layer …
Photo and video by @junmichaelpark @seoulphotographer. In August, I worked with the World Health Organization as a director of photography and producer. We interviewed Kang Kyung-wha and Park Neung Hoo, South Korea’s ministers of Foreign Affairs and of Heath and Welfare respectively, for the project. Since its release on Tuesday, the …
Photo and reporting by @junmichaelpark @seoulphotographer for @nytimes. In early September, I thought about how Covid-19 would impact Chuseok, South Korea’s most important holiday and a rough equivalent of Thanksgiving in the U.S. During a normal Chuseok, millions of Koreans travel to their hometowns, clean their ancestors’ tombs and share ritual food together. …
Photos by @junmichaelpark @seoulphotographer / I documented the start of South Korea’s baseball season for a @bloomberg Markets photo essay, depicting the new normal in the age of Covid-19.â €I went to two games during opening week. Being in empty stadiums was a strange experience. Only journalists, staff members and cheerleaders were in the stands, whereas …