Kim Sangmin

Coffee production is not new in Myanmar, but specialty coffee production is. Recently Myanmar has adopted new methods of harvesting cherries and processing coffee beans and starts to stand out for its high-end coffee in a global market. - my role here: the entire process - my contribution ratio: 100%

Local and international research institutions gathered at the roundtable discussion called Myanmar Knowledge Hub hosted by Canada’s International Development Research Centre this week. They shared their initial finding and ongoing work to get a chance to pause and reflect on pressing challenges faced by Myanmar now. One topic was gender inequality. - my role here: the entire process - my contribution ratio: 100%

Each room is filled with software enthusiasts and newcomers who want to find out new information in the technology sector. They are spending their whole day catching up on cutting-edge trends in the real business world and reaching out to software developers both from local and global leading technology companies such as Google, LINE, Nexlabs and Wave Money. - my role here: the entire process - my contribution ratio: 100%

During the book launch event, Lisa Brooten and Gayathry Venkiteswaran, co-editors of the book “Myanmar Media in Transition: Legacies, Challenges, and Change,” took a few moments out to speak to Mizzima about the book, journalism, and free expression in Myanmar. - my role here: the entire process - my contribution ratio: 100%

Hundreds of yoga lovers wearing white shirts and black pants are bending and stretching their bodies on colorful mats in an early-morning outdoor session. Despite monsoons, it’s luckily sunny, not raining for them to enjoy yoga for a while. - my role here: the entire video production - my contribution ratio: 100%

Trekkers receive a meaningful immersion in rural Nepal while uplifting the local economy. - camera: Panasonic Lumix G7 - my role here: the entire content production - my contribution ratio: 80% (my coworker helped as a photographer)

A Korean volunteer returns to a remote government school to see much has changed for the better. - camera: Panasonic Lumix G7 - my role here: the entire content production - my contribution ratio: 100%

Korean Ambassador to Nepal Park Young-sik, spoke to Sangmin Kim of Nepali Times about tourism, Nepali workers, development assistance, investment, trade and tourism.

Typhoon Mangkhut raked the city here and there in Hong Kong in 2018. - camera: Galaxy A7

When I worked as a journalist in Korea in 2016, my company gave me a task beyond my power

On October 1, China’s National day, I went out into the street to cover pro-democracy rallies