Jun Michael Park

3 weeks ago | infobae.com | Choe Sang-Hun |Jun Michael Park

South KoreaElectionsLabor and JobsDemonstrations, Protests and RiotsLayoffs and Job ReductionsTemporary EmploymentIncome InequalityPolitics and GovernmentLaw and LegislationLee Jae-myungPeople Power PartyEn lo alto de una esbelta torre de cámaras de tráfico de 29,8 metros de altura en el centro de Seúl, Kim Hyoung-su vive bajo un refugio de lona. Es tan pequeño que no puede estirarse del todo cuando duerme.

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Choe Sang-Hun |Jun Michael Park

The plight of temporary workers like Kim Hyoung-su, who's been protesting for months at the top of a tower, has become an issue in Tuesday's presidential election. Kim Hyoung-su in his makeshift tent at the top of a ​98-foot-tall traffic camera tower in central Seoul. The plight of temporary workers like Kim Hyoung-su, who's been protesting for months at the top of a tower, has become an issue in Tuesday's presidential election.

Aug 24, 2024 | nytimes.com | Mike Ives |Youmi Kim |Jun Michael Park

Cho Seong-hoan's father liked to say that the honeybees on his farm were lucky. Unlike typical South Koreans, they could cross into North Korea, as he had done before war divided the peninsula. "I also really envy them," Mr. Cho, 59, said over the drone of bees on a searing summer morning at the family farm he took over when his father died in 2022.

Mar 19, 2024 | nytimes.com | John Yoon |Jun Michael Park |Shawn Paik

The country's raucous fan culture will be on display when Major League Baseball opens its season in Seoul. Here's how to cheer and what to eat. Cheering squads guiding fans through chants and dances at a baseball stadium in Seoul on Sunday. In the United States, many Major League Baseball games feature long periods of calm, punctuated by cheering when there's action on the field or the stadium organ plays a catchy tune. But in South Korea, a baseball game is a sustained sensory overload.

Mar 12, 2024 | nytimes.com | David Belcher |Jun Michael Park

The hanok, a traditional home design, has been bypassed in Seoul's vertical building boom. But some fans are trying to preserve it. Boo YoungJin and Park GoodWon in front of their house, a hanok which took seven years to restore. The hanok, a traditional home design, has been bypassed in Seoul's vertical building boom. But some fans are trying to preserve it. Boo YoungJin and Park GoodWon in front of their house, a hanok which took seven years to restore. Credit...