Reporter Moon Honam of this paper wins Excellence Award for Photo of the Month

After an endless decline, it finally hit rock bottom. The daily number of movie theater visitors. It recorded the lowest figure ever in the official statistics of the Korean Film Council. According to the Korean Film Council's integrated ticketing system on the 24th, the number of visitors to theaters the previous day was 25,873. This is 877 fewer than the record low of 26,750 on March 29, 2004. A movie theater in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, is quiet due to the impact of COVID-19. Since new releases are hardly drawing crowds, older movies are being screened again.

[Asia Economy] The Korea Photojournalists Association (President: An Ju-young) has selected Moon Ho-nam, a reporter for this publication, for the Excellence Award in the art & entertainment category of the 207th Monthly Press Photo Awards for his work titled 'Is There Really No Audience Like This?'.

Moon's photo, 'Is There Really No Audience Like This?' vividly captures the quiet scenes of a movie theater affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, earning high marks.

The Monthly Press Photo Awards were ultimately selected through first and second rounds of judging from among press photos taken in March by over 500 members affiliated with newspapers and news agencies nationwide.

The award-winning works include ▲Spot News category Grand Prize: 'Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin Carried on a Stretcher' by Lee Mu-yeol of Newsis ▲General News category Grand Prize: 'Battle Against COVID-19' by Noh Min-gyu of Joongbu Ilbo ▲Portrait category Excellence Award: 'Traces of Beautiful Devotion' by Jang Yong-jun of Gyeonggi Ilbo ▲Sports Feature category Excellence Award: 'Energetic Strike Calls by Referees Preparing for the Opening!' by Park Jae-man of Sports Chosun ▲Sports Action category Excellence Award: 'Heartbreaking Moment' by Jang Soo-young of News1 ▲Feature category Grand Prize: 'COVID-19 Prevention, Mom and Child Using Plastic Umbrellas' by Kim Hyun-woo of Asia Today ▲Nature category Excellence Award: 'Lens Clouds Over Jeju Sky' by Go Bong-soo of Jeju Shinbo ▲Art & Entertainment category Excellence Award: 'Is There Really No Audience Like This?' by Moon Ho-nam of Asia Economy ▲People in the News category Grand Prize: 'First Day of Medical Volunteer Work, Sweaty Doctor Ahn Cheol-soo' by Ryu Young-seok of Yonhap News ▲Current Affairs Story category Excellence Award: 'War Without Gunfire... Nurse Guarding Negative Pressure Ward' by Woo Tae-wook of Maeil Shinmun ▲Lifestyle Story category Grand Prize: 'COVID-19 Becomes Daily Life' by Yoon Kwan-sik of Yeongnam Ilbo ▲IT category Excellence Award: 'First Ever Online School Opening, Classroom on Monitor' by Yoon Kwan-sik of Yeongnam Ilbo.

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