Crackdown on Chinese-made fake products Customs officials display fake products of foreign brands, including sneakers and handbags, that they have confiscated at a warehouse in Seoul on April 14, 2022. They have apprehended a group of four people, who have illegally imported 120 billion won (around US$98 million) worth of the counterfeit products from China and sold them in South Korea since 2018. (Yonhap)
Labor rally Members of the Korea Confederation of Trade Unions, the more militant of the country’s two umbrella labor unions, chants slogans demanding better working conditions during a rally at a park in Seoul on April 13, 2022. (Yonhap)
Ukrainian president speaks to S. Korean parliament via video Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (on screen) speaks via video at the National Assembly in Seoul on April 11, 2022. Zelenskyy asked South Korea to provide military equipment support to help his country’s fight against Russian aggression. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
Yeouido cherry blossom spot reopens after 3 years The popular cherry blossom sightseeing spot in Seoul’s western district of Yeouido is packed with visitors on April 10, 2022, the first day the site has been open to the public since it was closed three years ago over the COVID-19 pandemic. (Yonhap)
Cherry blossoms Visitors enjoy cherry blossoms on a popular avenue in Hamyang, South Gyeongsang Province, about 330 kilometers south of Seoul, in this photo provided by Hamyang County on April 10, 2022. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
Cherry blossoms in S. Korea Cars drive on a road, with cherry blossoms bloom in bloom, on Mount Hwangnyeong in the southeastern port city of Busan on April 5, 2022. (Yonhap) (END)
Mountain behind presidential office to be fully opened President Moon Jae-in (4th from L, 2nd row), first lady Kim Jung-sook (5th from L, 2nd row), and other participants pose for photos during their trek on the southern side of an ancient fortress wall on Mount Bukak, just behind the presidential compound in Seoul, on April 5, 2022, one day before Cheong Wa Dae’s move to fully open the mountain to the public. The mountain’s complete opening to the public, which follows the opening of the trail course’s northern side in 2020, comes 54 years after it became an off-limits zone for security reasons. (Yonhap)
Yoon’s wife Kim Keon-hee, the wife of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol, embraces a police dog in front of her residence in Seoul, in this undated photo, provided by a reader on April 4, 2022. She is expected soon to undertake public activities, ending months-long seclusion in the wake of the release by a broadcaster of her controversial phone conversations with a reporter. (Yonhap)
Turkish veterans of Korean War Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs Hwang Ki-chul (5th from R) and Turkish veterans who fought for South Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War pose for a photo during their meeting in Istanbul on April 1, 2022, in this photo released by the ministry. (Yonhap)
Pro-baseball season opens Spectators watch a Korea Baseball Organization regular season game between the LG Twins and the Kia Tigers at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field in the southwestern city of Gwangju on April 2, 2022, the opening day of the new regular season. The government has allowed fans to attend pro-baseball games without crowd limits as part of measures for a phased return to normalcy from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Yonhap)
