(Text updated on Oct 24, 2024) In the early 2000s, the number of Asian moon bears living in the wild in South Korea had dwindled to an estimated 5 animals. With the bears being critically endangered by poaching and habitat destruction, the Korean Ministry of Environment and the Korea National …
Photos by @junmichaelpark @seoulphotographer for @natgeo / On a bright Sunday in September, I photographed Seoulites enjoying the end of summer at Ttukseom Hangang Park. For this National Geographic piece, 33 photographers documented simple moments of joy and beauty during the global coronavirus pandemic. View this post on Instagram A post shared …
Photos by @junmichaelpark @seoulphotographer / In April, I worked with @natgeo to cover what South Korea has been doing right in handling Covid-19. I photographed medical workers at testing booths and Covid-19-only hospitals, a testing kit company, a school conducting an online class, a social distancing outdoor exam, and a taekwondo studio, a …