Korea Railroad Selects Winners of Railway Photo Contest... Gold Prize Awarded to 'Seolgukyeolcha'

Oh Hee-jae's work "Snowpiercer," which won the gold prize in the Korea Railroad Photography Contest. "Snowpiercer" was photographed with the KTX passing near Gokseong Station on the Jeolla Line on a snowy day. Provided by Korea Railroad

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Korea Railroad announced the final selection of 46 winning works for the 12th Railroad Photo Contest on the 18th.

With the theme "Beautiful Moments with Railroads," a total of 1,243 entries were submitted to this contest.

After the submission deadline, Korea Railroad conducted judging by a panel of external judges composed of photographers and professors, selecting a total of 46 winning works.

The grand prize went to Hee-jae Oh's "Snowpiercer." The photo captured a scene of the KTX operating near Gokseong Station on the Jeolla Line on a snowy day.

The silver prize was jointly awarded to Il-woong Kim's "Hero of Spring Day," which captured the Mugunghwa train passing through a cherry blossom tunnel, and Chang-deok Kim's "Beautiful Sancheonho," which depicted a train passing through a forest with a rainbow among the clouds in the background.

The bronze prize winners included three works, among them Eun-gyu Lee's "KTX-Eum, Racing to the East Sea," featuring the newly introduced KTX-Eum this year.

Korea Railroad plans to award a total prize money of 13.5 million KRW and commendations in the name of the Korea Railroad President to the 46 winners.

The winning works can be viewed on the Korea Railroad blog and will also be introduced through media such as videos inside trains, SNS, and station electronic display boards.

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