Suhnwook Leehttps://suhnwooklee.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Suhnwook LeeenSat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100'Stingy with sugar?' What a North Korean worker said to a South Koreanhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/7WhUhL0LUX4- Kim Min-ju, a nutritionist who worked at the Kaesong industrial complex, shares her experiences with North Korean workers in an interview with the BBC - Role : shoot, edit (Interview conducted by Sangmi Han)Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7WhUhL0LUX4‘It breaks my heart’, Family of 26-year-old kindergarten teacher who died of fluhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G51B60b6kE-Interview with the bereaved family -Role : shoot, edit (Interviewe conducted by Hyojung Kim)Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G51B60b6kE(English)'My grandma would have cried seeing the world sing Arirang'https://www.instagram.com/reel/DW506EzEX-W/-Online interview with Cilla Chan who went viral for sharing her late grandmother's 1970 recording of Arirang -Role : Producer, interview, editThu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.instagram.com/reel/DW506EzEX-W/Trump, 'S Korea didn't help us'https://www.instagram.com/p/DW0G5K8kfqa/-Agency footage, edited and localised for Korean audience -Role: editTue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.instagram.com/p/DW0G5K8kfqa/Wedding Next to the BTS Concert 'We took police bus to attend'https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWJR--3k0MB/- On-the-ground footage from a wedding in central Seoul, where all traffic was restricted due to the BTS concert - Role : shoot, editSat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWJR--3k0MB/Office workers near Gwanghwamun react to BTS comeback concerthttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/_2OwOAATg00- Office workers in Gwnaghwamun share their thoughts on a major show taking place in the heart of the city - Role : shoot, interview, editThu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_2OwOAATg00Voice of Korean captain stranded in Hormuzhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DV0dZzcEfKX/- Voice of South Korean captain stranded in the strait of Hormuz - Role : edit (interview by conducted Hyojung Kim)Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.instagram.com/reel/DV0dZzcEfKX/Korean-Japanese rapper going viral with lyrics about discriminationhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DVsLghkkRB7/- Interview with PM Kenobi whose song Grandpa & Papa went viral online for its lyrics about the discrimination - Role : Producer, interview, editTue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVsLghkkRB7/Choi Gaon & Chloe Kim show Olympic spirithttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DUrofqjEliy/-Agency based, edited for Korean audience -Role : editFri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUrofqjEliy/South Korea’s first female baseball players to join the WPBLhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8ptsG3gMiM&t=25s-Hyeonah Kim and Jua Park became South Korea’s first female professional baseball players after being selected early in the WPBL draft in the US - Role : producer, edit (shoot by Jungmin Choi)Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8ptsG3gMiM&t=25sFamilies of Jeju Air crash victims begin a sit-in protest in front of the presidential officehttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DRt2Q3XEf0M/- The moment families of Jeju Air crash victims shave their heads -Role : shoot, editMon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRt2Q3XEf0M/Police officers angered by poor treatment at the APEC sitehttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DQ6PS8QEaD4/- On-the-ground video of police officers speaking out outside the police headquarters - Role : shoot, editTue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQ6PS8QEaD4/'The power of K-pop’: RM Speaks at APEChttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DQY3htuEgke/- Agency based - Role : editWed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQY3htuEgke/South Korea bans phones in school classrooms nationwidehttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c776ye6lrvzoWed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c776ye6lrvzoWhy parliamentary aides are angry over lawmaker Kang Sun-woo’s abuse of powerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOL-KF-hWw0&t=84s-Two aides speak about lawmakers’ abuse of power in an interview - Role : Producer, interview, edit (shoot by Jungmin Choi)Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOL-KF-hWw0&t=84sKim Jae-gyu: South Korea is retrying the spy chief who assassinated Park Chung-heehttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5vp4q59lgoTue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5vp4q59lgoSouth Korea elections: They helped oust a president. Now women say they are invisible againhttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8njzr42zvoSat, 31 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8njzr42zvoWhat women CEOs in their 30s think about Korea’s presidential electionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP6bs8Gr1wQ&t=171s- Three startup ceos explain why they meet presidential candidates ahead of the election - Role : Producer, Interview (shoot & edit by Yujin Choi)Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP6bs8Gr1wQ&t=171sThe moment Koreans react to Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment rulinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f42TWKmMGow- Reactions from across South Korea on the day of the constitutional court’s impeachment ruling - Role : Producer, shoot, editFri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f42TWKmMGow(Korean)Born here, belonging nowhere: Children of undocumented workers in S Koreahttps://www.bbc.com/korean/articles/cr53l25m6d7oWed, 05 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.bbc.com/korean/articles/cr53l25m6d7oKids’ bus rolls into impeachment protest for moms and kidshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdkN-PWIV8&t=43s- On the day S Korea’s parliament impeached Yoon Suk Yeol, a bus for babies and mothers appeared at the square, where they watched the vote together - Role : Producer, shoot, editSun, 15 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdkN-PWIV8&t=43sBorder residents suffering from the inter-Korean loudspeaker warhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGRKMMW16YI- Role : producer, interview (shoot & edit by Jungmin Choi)Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGRKMMW16YICan families returning after centuries solve S Korea's population crisis?https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7v5mng4z45o‘A school where 80% kids are foreigners’…South Korea’s extreme low birth sparks changeTue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7v5mng4z45oCan families returning after centuries solve S Korea's population crisis?https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7v5mng4z45o‘A school where 80% kids are foreigners’…South Korea’s extreme low birth sparks changeTue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7v5mng4z45oPark Soon-A, the only musician trained in Gayageum in both North and South Koreahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ofu5Tn80lc&t=97s- Born in Osaka as a Korean-Japanese, Park Soon-A learned the traditional Korean instrument Gayageum in both Koreas. - Role : Producer, Interview (shoot & edit by Yujin Choi)Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ofu5Tn80lc&t=97s(English Subtitles) South Korean students making beaches accessiblehttps://www.instagram.com/reels/C_pbURPhZzo/- South Korean high school students who mde a beach barrier-free. - Role : producer, interview, shoot (shoot & edit by Yujin Choi)Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://www.instagram.com/reels/C_pbURPhZzo/(Korean)Korean-Japanese youth on stage at Japan's queer festivalhttps://www.bbc.com/korean/articles/cl77d9lxn5voThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bbc.com/korean/articles/cl77d9lxn5vo'The real Squid Game', squid are disappearinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otKd0btn7XU- In South Korea, where squid were once one of the most common seafoods, rising sea temperatures have led to a sharp decline in catches in recent years - Role : Producer, shoot, edit (motion graphics by VisJo BBC)Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otKd0btn7XURadioactive Nightmare of North Korea caused by Nuclear testshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2-tXS8rXisNorth Korea claims that it has been conducting safe nuclear test. But there's a lot of evidence to suggest otherwise. --------------- 00:00 Nuclear Testing in North Korea 01:17 Brief History of Nuclear Testing 02:22 Why Underground Nuclear Testing was not Prohibited 03:15 Was Underground Nuclear Testing Safe? 04:25 Ban on All Nuclear Testing 04:52 Why North Korea Claims its Nuclear Testing was Safe 05:19 Cracks in the Testing Site 05:50 Greater Risks - Leakage through Water 08:12 High Radiation Exposure Risk to Residents Revealed 09:00 Shocking Testimonies from Defectors 09:49 The Need to Prevent Future Nuclear Testing -------------- Sources - Mapping the Risk and Effect of Radioactive Contamination of Groundwater Sources from the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site in North Korea(Transitional Justice Working Group, 2023) - Collapse and Earthquake Swarm after North Korea's 3 September 2017 Nuclear Test(Dongdong Tian et al, 2018)Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2-tXS8rXis(English)Radioactive Nightmare of North Korea caused by Nuclear testshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2-tXS8rXis-An independent video project investigating the risk of radioactive contamination from North Korea's nuclear tests - Role : Producer, shoot, editThu, 27 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2-tXS8rXis