AFP photographer Nicolas Asfouri, who took dramatic images of Thai ‘Red Shirt’ protesters confronting security forces, was among leading winners of the first Yonhap International Press Awards presented in New York on Monday.
Mr Asfouri, AFP’s senior photographer in Bangkok, won the US$5,000 gold prize in the Enhancement of International Peace category of the awards launched by South Korea’s national news agency.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon led the presentation ceremony at the UN headquarters.
Mr Asfouri’s winning montage showed one photo of a man covered in blood being carried away from the deadly demonstrations in Bangkok in April 2010 when followers of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra confronted security forces.
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