Our Reporter Kim Hyunmin Wins Excellence Award at the 57th Korea Press Photo Exhibition

<57th Korea Press Photo Awards - Excellence Award> The biggest issue of 2020 was undoubtedly the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). This new infectious disease, which did not even have an official name at first, swept across the globe throughout the year, plunging the entire world into fear. Its end is still unknown. Everything changed in Korea after the first confirmed case was reported on January 20. Masks became the most significant visible change amid this situation. They went beyond daily life and became mandatory. In the new year of 2021, the Year of the Ox, we hope that COVID-19 will end soon so that we can take off the suffocating masks and smile brightly again. Office worker Lee Jeong-mi (38) is shown smiling brightly while taking off her mask amid the crowd on her way to work at Sindorim Station.

[Asia Economy] Kim Hyun-min, a photographer from the Asia Economy photo department, won the Excellence Award in the feature category at the 57th Korea Press Photo Exhibition.

The Korea Photojournalists Association (President: Ahn Joo-young) announced the winners of the 57th Korea Press Photo Exhibition on the 9th. From over 500 press photos submitted by photojournalists from newspapers and news agencies nationwide, covering 11 categories including spot, general news, and feature, the photo department heads and external experts carefully selected the award-winning works.

Kim’s work, "Longing for a Life Without Masks," which won the Excellence Award in the feature category, was highly praised for vividly expressing the earnest desire to remove masks that have become part of daily life and return to pre-COVID-19 life.

The Korea Press Photo Awards cover a total of 11 categories including spot, general, and feature. Over 500 photojournalists from member newspapers, news agencies, and online media nationwide competed with press photos taken throughout 2020 in various domestic and international fields such as politics, economy, society, culture, and sports to select the winners.

The 57th Korea Press Photo Exhibition will open on March 22 and will be displayed until March 31 in the plaza in front of the Korea Press Center.

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