Journalist
Han Jun-gu한준구
jungu141298@ajupress.com
PhotographerGeopolitics, Culture, History, People & Photo Journalist
Photojournalist, AJU PRESS (AJP)
Covering Asia's defining stories — from pressing issues and politics to culture and society — through a distinctly Asian lens. "I point the camera at what's there. That's the job."
Covering Asia's defining stories — from pressing issues and politics to culture and society — through a distinctly Asian lens. "I point the camera at what's there. That's the job."
Latest by Han Jun-gu
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Jung Hae-in at the CASIO Store Dosan & Cafe 00:00 first anniversary photo call SEOUL, June 26 (AJP) - Actor Jung Hae-in poses at the Casio Store Dosan photo call on Apgujeong-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on June 26, 2026. 2026-06-26 16:54:35 -
Nayeon at the CASIO Store Dosan & Cafe 00:00 first anniversary photo call SEOUL, June 26 (AJP) - TWICE member Nayeon poses at the Casio Store Dosan photo call on Apgujeong-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on June 26, 2026. 2026-06-26 16:52:34 -
K-lifestyle at display at THE MAISON 2026 SEOUL, June 26 (AJP) - Premium living trends on display as THE MAISON 2026 opens at COEX THE MAISON 2026, a premium lifestyle exhibition, is being held at Hall C of COEX in Samseong-dong, Seoul, from June 25 to 28. Brands across home living, interior design, home décor, kitchen and tableware, and lifestyle categories are showcasing the latest trends in residential and commercial spaces. THE MAISON is a premium living trade fair launched by the Korean office of Maison & Objet, the global lifestyle exhibition. The event brings together high-end furniture, decorative objects, and interior ideas under one roof. 2026-06-26 16:51:17 -
Kim Mi-ri at the CASIO Store Dosan & Cafe 00:00 first anniversary photo call SEOUL, June 26 (AJP) - Actress Kim Mi-ri poses at the Casio Store Dosan photo call on Apgujeong-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on June 26, 2026. 2026-06-26 16:51:15 -
Hwang In-youp at the CASIO Store Dosan & Cafe 00:00 first anniversary photo call SEOUL, June 26 (AJP) - Actor Hwang In-youp poses at the Casio Store Dosan photo call on Apgujeong-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on June 26, 2026. 2026-06-26 16:49:42 -
Lee Seung-hyub at the CASIO Store Dosan & Cafe 00:00 first anniversary photo call SEOUL, June 26 (AJP) - N.Flying member Lee Seung-hyub poses at the Casio Store Dosan photo call on Apgujeong-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on June 26, 2026. 2026-06-26 16:47:57 -
Seoul turns to water-spraying drones as lovebug season returns SEOUL, June 25 (AJP) - Strange insects known as lovebugs have started swarming park pathways and hiking trails, prompting the Seoul Metropolitan Government to deploy water-spraying drones ahead of their expected mass appearance this summer. City officials on Thursday tested the drones in areas around Mt. Bulamsan in northwestern Seoul on Thursday, where large numbers of lovebugs have been spotted, before deploying them in heavily infested areas. Complaints have surged in recent years, rising from 4,418 in 2022 to 5,600 in 2023, peaking at 9,296 in 2024, before falling to 5,282 last year. So far this year, some 1,515 complaints have already been filed. The drones are expected to help reduce the swarms by exposing the insects' wings to water droplets, making it difficult for them to fly. Lovebugs, which fly around stuck together in pairs as their name suggests, live for less than a week. During that time, however, they lay hundreds of eggs in damp soil, sometimes blanketing pathways and causing discomfort to pedestrians, though they are not known to pose any harm to humans. 2026-06-25 16:51:13 -
On June 25, the forgotten war is remembered SEOUL, June 25 (AJP) -A forgotten war, they say. Perhaps it has become so even at home, among postwar generations who have grown up with the division of the Korean Peninsula as an accepted fact of life. Yet on this day, as most of the country is glued to South Korea's 2026 FIFA World Cup match against South Africa for a place in the Round of 32, some footsteps lead elsewhere — to places of remembrance and gratitude. Just over seventy years ago, this land was reduced to ashes by war. Seoul still lives with that memory. Three places. One remembers. One gives thanks. One carries it forward. Seoul National Cemetery — a place that remembers Seoul National Cemetery rests on a hillside in Dongjak-gu — row upon row of headstones for those who gave their lives for South Korea, many of them in the Korean War. An elderly man bows before a stone marker. He says nothing, but his face holds a great deal. Whether the name belonged to a comrade or a son, it is impossible to know. What is clear is the way he bows — the way a person bends toward someone they have missed for a very long time. Beyond the headstones, a building is going up. A crane turns; steel rises toward the sky. Someone lies beneath the ground. Someone else is building tomorrow on top of it. On the land they defended. Seoul National Cemetery holds that landscape in silence. Garden of Gratitude — a place that gives thanks The Garden of Gratitude opened in Gwanghwamun Square in May 2026 as a tribute to the nations that fought alongside South Korea in the Korean War. Twenty-three black granite monoliths — each exactly 6.25 meters tall, for the date June 25, 1950 — rise toward the sky, one for each of the 23 nations, including South Korea, that sent troops. Stone from each participating country has been embedded in its corresponding pillar. After dark, beams of light rise from the top of each column. Young men from distant countries whose names and faces were never known to us fought and fell on this ground. The gratitude for that sacrifice has been carved into stone and sent upward as light. This is the place where it lives. War Memorial of Korea — a place that carries it forward The War Memorial of Korea stands in Yongsan-gu, documenting South Korea's history of national defense with the Korean War at its center. Outside, tanks and fighter aircraft stand on open ground. A group of foreign visitors had gathered before the Memorial Wall. They were tracing names with their fingers, one by one. They may have been American, British, Turkish — it is impossible to say. Perhaps somewhere in those names, one of them found a grandfather. Names of eighteen-year-olds. Nineteen-year-olds. Boys who never became men, who fell on unfamiliar ground. The tomorrow they must have imagined — we are living it now. And their descendants have come to this place, and they are touching those names with their hands. What have we inherited? What will we pass on? Buildings rise beyond the headstones. Strangers trace names in stone. Memory does not stop. The city keeps growing. On the land they defended. Only a city that remembers war can truly know peace. Seoul knows. 2026-06-25 12:59:21 -
Shin Hae-sun at the Tom Ford Beauty Taormina Orange photo call SEOUL, June 24 (AJP) - Actress Shin Hae-sun poses at the Tom Ford Beauty Taormina Orange launch photo call. 2026-06-24 20:15:36 -
Jihyo at the Tom Ford Beauty Taormina Orange photo call SEOUL, June 24 (AJP) - TWICE member Jihyo poses at the Tom Ford Beauty Taormina Orange launch photo call. 2026-06-24 20:14:20