Legoland Korea, the 10th Legoland in the world and first global theme park in the country, will officially open in the eastern city of Chuncheon on Children’s Day, May 5. The Gangwon Provincial Government held a completion ceremony for the theme park in the city, Saturday, 11 years after the memorandum of agreement (MOA) was signed, in September 2011.
The theme park covers an area of 280,000 square meters and offers over 40 rides in seven zones with different Lego themes. The resort also features 150 rooms and suites, which are also designed to be made with Legos.
Flowers to welcome ex-President Park Flowers are put around the new residence of former President Park Geun-hye in the southeastern city of Daegu on March 27, 2022, as supporters welcomed her return home after she was discharged from a Seoul hospital last week. Park was pardoned at the end of last year after four years and nine months of imprisonment for a corruption scandal that led to her removal from office in 2017. (Yonhap)
President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol (3rd from L) speaks with former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (3rd from R) during a breakfast meeting in Seoul, in this photo uploaded on Pence’s Twitter account on March 25, 2022. (Yonhap)
N. Korea confirms test-firing of Hwasong-17 ICBM North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) poses for a group photo with soldiers of the country’s strategic forces after he inspected the launch of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from Pyongyang International Airport on March 24, 2022, in this photo released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. The missile traveled up to a maximum altitude of 6,248.5 kilometers and flew a distance of 1,090 km before falling into the East Sea, the KCNA said. (Yonhap)
Ahead of anniversary of Cheonan incident A memorial concert is held at the National Cemetery in Daejeon, 164 kilometers south of Seoul, on March 21, 2022, to honor the 46 South Korean sailors killed in the torpedoing of the warship Cheonan by an infiltrating North Korean submarine within South Korean territorial waters in the West Sea on March 26, 2010. They were buried at the cemetery. (Yonhap)
Pileup on snowy road This CCTV image provided by the Korea Expressway Corp. shows the scene of a five-vehicle pileup on a slippery road on the Seoul-Yangyang Expressway in the northeastern county of Yangyang during snowfall on March 19, 2022. (Yonhap)
Anti-terror drill ahead of Legoland opening Firefighters conduct an anti-terror and fire drill at a Lego-themed amusement park on Jungdo Island in the lake city of Chuncheon, 85 kilometers northeast of Seoul, on March 15, 2022. The world’s largest Legoland, a project by Britain’s Merlin Entertainment Group, is scheduled to open on May 5, Children’s Day. (Yonhap)
USFK discloses anti-missile drill This undated photo, provided by the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) on March 15, 2022, shows American soldiers from its 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade undergoing a drill to intercept missiles in the wake of North Korea’s latest missile launches. (Yonhap)
BTS concert in Seoul Fans of K-pop supergroup BTS fill Seoul Olympic Stadium in eastern Seoul on March 13, 2022, in this photo provided by a concert spectator, during the last of the three “Permission to Dance on Stage” live concerts Thursday and over the weekend. It marks the first time BTS has returned to the stage for fans at home since 2019. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
