Lotte resumes vertical marathon Participants start the Sky Run vertical marathon at Lotte World Tower in Seoul on April 23, 2022. Lotte resumed the annual race, which was suspended for three years due to the coronavirus pandemic. Runners race up the 123 floors, or 2,917 steps, of the nation’s tallest skyscraper at 555 meters. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
Ultrafine dust hits Seoul People take in a view of Seoul on April 24, 2022, as the South Korean capital experienced high levels of ultrafine dust. (Yonhap)
Moon plants commemorative tree President Moon Jae-in (L) and first lady Kim Jung-sook pose for a photo after planting a commemorative tree at the Korea National Arboretum in the city of Pocheon, northeast of Seoul, on April 22, 2022, to mark Earth Day. (Yonhap) (END)
Colorful lanterns for Buddha’s Birthday Colorful lotus lanterns light up the courtyard at Samgwang Temple in Busan, 453 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on April 21, 2022, weeks ahead of Buddha’s Birthday, which falls on May 8 this year.
Moon’s private residence Seen here is a newly-built private residence of President Moon Jae-in in Yangsan, 420 kilometers southeast of Seoul, where he will reside after retirement on May 9, 2022. (Yonhap)
Mt. Seorak capped with hoarfrost The ridge around Daecheong Peak on Mount Seorak is seen from the city of Sokcho on South Korea’s east coast on April 15, 2022, as the highest peak of the 1,708-meter mountain is covered with hoarfrost, tiny white ice crystals. (Yonhap)
S. Korea to fully lift COVID-19 quarantine in late May Jeong Eun-kyeong, head of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, speaks during a press conference at the government complex in Sejong, central South Korea, on April 15, 2022. The government will fully lift the seven-day mandatory quarantine for COVID-19 patients starting in late May and lower the COVID-19 infectious disease level by one notch to the second-highest level out of the four-tier system, allowing patients to receive treatment at local clinics and hospitals, like an endemic disease, the agency said. (Yonhap)
N. Korea marks late founder’s birthday with national ceremony, rally North Koreans simultaneously hold a national ceremony and a massive rally of Pyongyang citizens to mark the 110th birth anniversary of Kim Il-sung, late North Korean founder and grandfather of current leader Kim Jong-un, on April 15, 2022, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. (Yonhap)
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)
