Winter swim People swim in the sea at Haeundae Beach in South Korea’s southeastern city of Busan on Dec. 8, 2024, as a winter festival is under way. (Yonhap)
Umbrella union calls for ruling party’s breakup Members of the progressive Korean Confederation of Trade Unions tear papers bearing the names of lawmakers from the ruling People Power Party during a news conference in front of the PPP headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 9, 2024. They demanded the party’s dissolution, holding it accountable for boycotting a parliamentary vote on an impeachment bill against President Yoon Suk Yeol. (Yonhap)
Army chief of staff at parliament Army Chief of Staff Gen. Park An-su, appointed as martial law commander on the night of Dec. 3, 2024, immediately after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, answers lawmakers’ questions during an emergency session of the defense committee at the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec. 5. (Yonhap)
Incheon Int’l Airport completes 4th phase of expansion project A ceremony marking the completion of Incheon International Airport’s fourth stage of its expansion project is held at the airport’s Terminal 2 on Nov. 29, 2024. (Yonhap)
S. Korea completes homegrown L-SAM defense system development Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun (2nd from R) looks at a model of the homegrown Long-range Surface-to-Air Missile system at its development completion ceremony at the Agency for Defense Development in Daejeon, about 140 kilometers southeast of Seoul, in this photo provided by the defense ministry. (Yonhap)
Car-train collision in Seoul A sedan remains crashed into the front of a subway train near Geumcheon-gu Office Station on Line 1 on Dec. 1, 2024, in this photo provided by a reader. The car broke through the dividing wall into the track at 6:46 a.m. No casualties were reported as the two passengers in the car evacuated before the collision. (Yonhap)
Winter skiers Skiers wait in long lines for lifts at a ski resort in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, on Dec. 1, 2024, the first weekend after its opening for the season. (Yonhap)
Anti-gov’t protest in Seoul Protestors against the Yoon Suk Yeol government stage a candlelight vigil in central Seoul on Nov. 30, 2024. (Yonhap) (END)
Snow in Seoul Mount Bukak and Cheong Wa Dae, the former presidential office, in downtown Seoul are blanketed with snow on Nov. 27, 2024, amid a heavy snow alert in the capital. (Yonhap)
Secret Garden in Gangwon Province The Secret Garden, a mountainous area in Inje, about 120 kilometers northeast of Seoul, is seen in this photo provided by the county office on Nov. 24, 2024.
