Cuban Embassy opens in Seoul Cuban Ambassador to South Korea Claudio Monzon Baeza speaks during the opening ceremony of the Cuban Embassy in Seoul on June 10, 2025, following the establishment of diplomatic ties between South Korea and Cuba in February 2024. (Yonhap)
BTS’ RM, V discharged from military service RM (L) and V, members of K-pop megagroup BTS, pose for a photo as they meet their fans at a park in Chuncheon, the capital of South Korea’s northeast province of Gangwon, on June 10, 2025, following their discharge from South Korea’s mandatory military service the same day. (Yonhap)
Presidential office to renovate briefing room Presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung (C, back) briefs on the presidential office’s plan to renovate the briefing room during a press briefing in Seoul on June 8, 2025. (Yonhap)
Lee visits traditional market President Lee Jae-myung and first lady Kim Hye-kyung visit a traditional market in the southern Seoul ward of Dongjak on June 6, 2025, in this photo provided by the presidential office. (Yonhap)
Cheong Wa Dae crowded with visitors The presidential residence inside the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul is crowded with visitors on June 5, 2025. (Yonhap)
Lee sworn in as S. Korean president Newly elected President Lee Jae-myung (C), alongside his wife, Kim Hye-kyung, waves after attending his inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Seoul on June 4, 2025. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
S. Korean presidential election Election administration officials sort ballots at a ballot counting station in Seoul’s Gwanak Ward on June 3, 2025, after voting ended in the presidential election. (Yonhap)
Rice planting Residents participate in a traditional farming event to plant rice seedlings at a paddy in Yeongam, South Jeolla Province, southwestern South Korea, on May 30, 2025. (Yonhap)
Fallen Navy service members laid to rest at nat’l cemetery A burial ceremony is held at the Daejeon National Cemetery in the central region of Daejeon, on June 1, 2025, for four Navy service members who died in the crash of a maritime patrol aircraft earlier in the week. The P-3CK anti-submarine patrol aircraft crashed into a hillside in southern Pohang, killing all four aboard. Among the victims, Cmdr. Park Jin-woo and Senior Chief Petty Officers Yoon Dong-gyu and Kang Shin-won were laid to rest at the cemetery. (Yonhap)
S. Korean, Japanese biz leaders issue joint statement Kim Yoon (L), co-chairman of the Korea-Japan Economic Association and chairman of Samyang Holdings, and Yutaka Aso, vice chairman of the Japan-Korea Economic Association and chairman of Aso Cement Co., attend a press conference at a hotel in Seoul on May 28, 2025, about a joint statement that South Korean and Japanese business leaders adopted following the 57th South Korea-Japan Business Conference. (Yonhap)
