Portraits of Kim Ryon-Hui: North Korean Who Wants to Go Home
I made portraits of North Korean defector Kim Ryon-hui for the German news magazine Der Spiegel. Coincidentally, my portrait was selected in Der Spiegel’s 2022 Year in Pictures.
I made portraits of North Korean defector Kim Ryon-hui for the German news magazine Der Spiegel. Coincidentally, my portrait was selected in Der Spiegel’s 2022 Year in Pictures.
Photos by @junmichaelpark @seoulphotographer for @spiegelmagazin / 2020 marked the 70th anniversary since the Korean War broke out. Although an armistice was declared in 1953, the two Koreas technically remain at war until today and continue to live with the aftermath of the conflict. At the time, not only 3 million people — mostly …