Photos by @junmichaelpark @seoulphotographer for @theeconomist / In October, I set out for Seoraksan mountain in the Gangwon Province together with Lena Schipper, the Economist’s Seoul Bureau Chief. We profiled South Korea’s hiking culture, which, as Lena writes in her piece, “reflects its social pressures and offers a reprieve from them.” View this …
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, …
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, …
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 …