Vincent Yu has been a photographer with the AP in Hong Kong since 1989. He has covered major local and international stories, including the Athens 2004 Olympics, the Beijing 2008 Olympics, the tsunami in Asia in 2004, the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing in 1989 and the earthquake in Kobe in 1985. Yu is a multiple award winner who won Honorable Mention in the 2013 Photographer of the Year category for Pictures of the Year International.

North Korea leader Kim Jong Il, right, and his son Kim Jong Un attend a massive military parade to mark the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, October 10, 2010. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

North Korean women soldiers march a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, October 10, 2010. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

A girl touches a lantern at an outdoor restaurant during the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong Sunday, September 30, 2012. Like ancient Chinese poets, Hong Kong people appreciate the beauty of the full moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China Wednesday, November 7, 2012. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

North Koreans look out from a bus on a street in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, February 24, 2014. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

A Chinese national flag is reflected on a fashion poster at a shopping mall in Beijing, China, Tuesday, November 13, 2012. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

A passenger waits for flights to resume while sitting an airline counter at Hong Kong's international airport after Typhoon Usagi slammed into southern China, Monday, September 23, 2013. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

Attendants pose for a picture in front of the Great Hall of the People before the opening session of the 18th Communist Party Congress held at in Beijing, China Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

A staff helps a North Korean woman to ski at Masik Pass ski resort, North Korea, February 22, 2014. North Korea’s newest symbol of national pride and “single-minded unity”, the ski resort at Masik Pass, nestled deep in North Korea’s eastern mountains, is an impressive site. It has 10 ski runs, from beginning to advanced, a well-equipped rental shop, and a 250-room, eight-story hotel for foreigners alongside a 150-room hotel for Koreans. There’s a deluxe swimming pool, lifts up to the top of scenic Taehwa Peak, an underground parking area and a helipad for VIPs or medical emergencies. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

A security person stands guard while the Tiananmen Square is reflected on the glass at an entrance of the Great Hall of the People where the opening session of the 18th Communist Party Congress is held in Beijing, China Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

A North Korean elderly man bows before the statues of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il, right, and his father, North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung, which tower over the capital Pyongyang on a hill, North Korea, Sunday, February 16, 2014. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

Children play in a refugee camps in Laiza, an area controlled by the Kachin, northern Myanmar, Sunday, February 12, 2012. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

A North Korean girl plays the piano while the other on unicycles performs at the Kaeson Kindergarden in Pyongyang, North Korea Tuesday, April 24, 2012. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

North Korean performers pause before singing at the Pyongyang indoor gymnasium to commemorate late president Kim Il Sung's 100th birthday in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, April 16, 2012. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

North Korean children play a game in a classroom at the Kaeson Kindergarten in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, April 27, 2012. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

A North Korean boy watches a squirrel monkey at a zoo in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, April 26, 2012. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

North Korean children perform at the Kaeson Kindergarten in Pyongyang, North Korea, April 27, 2012. For North Koreans, the systematic indoctrination of anti-Americanism starts as early as kindergarten and is as much a part of the curriculum as learning to count. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

In this Tuesday Aug. 20, 2013 photo, a Chinese opera actress puts on make-up at a makeshift theater during the “Hungry Ghost Festival” in Hong Kong. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

A couple poses foe a picture at a waterfront in the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, Monday, September 10, 2012. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

A statue of Hotei Buddha sits in the debris in the tsunami-destroyed town of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan Friday, April 1, 2011. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

A Chinese opera actress drinks a bowl of soup before her performance at a makeshift theater during the “Hungry Ghost Festival” in Hong Kong, Tuesday August 20, 2013. The Hungry Ghost Festival is celebrated during the seventh month in the Chinese lunar calendar. During the month-long festival, usually in the summer, Chinese people make offerings of food, “Hell money”, and paper-made models of items such as televisions, servants and sport cars are burnt to appease the wandering spirits. It is believed that the gates of hell are opened during the month and the dead ancestors return to visit their relatives. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

A full moon rises over a building, a day before the Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong, Wednesday, September 18, 2013. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

A family from Mainland China battle against strong wind near the waterfront in Hong Kong Wednesday, August 14, 2013. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)