Traditional bullfighting in S. Korea Two bulls clash during a traditional bullfighting event in the town of Uiryeong, South Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea, on June 10, 2022. The bullfighting reopened after three years due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Yonhap)
Temporary opening of Yongsan Park Children watch a robot dog roaming Yongsan Park in central Seoul on June 11, 2022, a day after it was partially opened to the public on a trial basis that will run through June 19. The former U.S. Forces Korea base site is located near the office of President Yoon Suk-yeol and had been off limits to ordinary citizens for the past 120 years. (Yonhap)
U.S. spy plane A U-2S Dragon Lady spy plane of the U.S. Air Force lands at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of Seoul, on June 8, 2022, after completing a reconnaissance mission. (Yonhap)
Int’l food fair This photo shows a robot that can cook noodle dishes at Seoul Food 2022, an international fair under way at the KINTEX convention center in Goyang, just northwest of Seoul, on June 7, 2022. (Yonhap)
Congested expressway An expressway in Seoul is congested with cars on June 5, 2022, as people leave the capital city to enjoy a long weekend due to Memorial Day on June 6. (Yonhap)
PM pays respects to fallen sailors of Cheonan Prime Minister Han Duck-soo (4th from L) looks at the wreckage of the Cheonan corvette, which was sunk by North Korea’s torpedo attack in 2010, at the 2nd Fleet Command in the western port city of Pyeongtaek, about 70 kilometers south of Seoul, on June 4, 2022, ahead of Memorial Day on June 6. He paid his respects to the 46 sailors killed in the attack. (Yonhap)
Rising gas prices This photo taken June 5, 2022, at a filling station in Seoul shows gas selling for 2,069 won per liter (US$1.70) and diesel for 2,099 won a liter. Fuel prices have risen for four consecutive weeks. (Yonhap)
Training program for reserve forces resumes Members of the reserve forces engage in a fighting drill at a boot camp in the southeastern city of Daegu on June 2, 2022, as an annual field training program for the country’s reserve forces resumed after being suspended for the two previous years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. South Korea’s reserve forces are made up of people who completed the mandatory military service of about two years over the past eight years. (Yonhap)
S. Korea departs for U.S.-led maritime drills This photo, released by the Navy on May 31, 2022, shows Rear Adm. An Sang-min (front) and members of his fleet saluting at a naval base on South Korea’s southern Jeju Island on May 31, 2022, before they depart to join the Rim of the Pacific Exercise, a U.S.-led biennial multinational maritime exercise. The Marado (behind them), a 14,500-ton amphibious assault ship, was dispatched on the mission set for June through early August in waters off Hawaii. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
Wildfire in southeastern S. Korea A Korea Forest Service helicopter dumps water on a wildfire in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea, on May 31, 2022, after it broke out around 9:25 a.m. (Yonhap)
