I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been awarded a 2022 National Geographic Society Grant for my project on South Korea’s Asian moon bear restoration program. @InsideNatGeo. In 2004, an estimated 5 moon bears remained in Korea’s natural environment, with their extinction in the wild seeming all but inevitable. Hoping to avoid …
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 …
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 / 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 …