Presidential hopeful, opposition leader hold ‘chimaek’ meeting Former Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-youl (L), a presidential hopeful of the opposition bloc, poses for a photo with Lee Jun-seok, leader of the main opposition People Power Party, as they meet at a restaurant in Seoul on July 25, 2021, over “chimaek”, a compound word combining chicken and “maekju,” the Korean word for beer. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
Ahead of armistice anniversary This photo, released by the Korean Central News Agency, shows foreign diplomats stationed in North Korea visiting the Fatherland Liberation War Victory Memorial in Pyongyang between July 22-23, 2021, ahead of the 68th anniversary of the armistice of the 1950-53 Korean War on July 27. The North claims the armistice as a victory in the war. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
Few cars on Seoul roads Few cars drive on the street near Seoul Station in central Seoul on July 25, 2021, with the toughest Level 4 social distancing rules extended for another two weeks until Aug. 8 to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. (Yonhap)
Japanese students cheer S. Korean squad A group of students from Mikasa Elementary School cheers South Korean footballers just before the start of a Group B match between South Korea and New Zealand at Ibaraki Kashima Stadium in Kashima, about 110 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, on July 22, 2021. The Japanese city set up a sister-city relationship with the South Korean island city of Seogwipo on the occasion of the Korea-Japan World Cup in 2002. (Yonhap)
10-car pileup This provided photo shows a car carrier trailer that crashed into pedestrians and cars causing a pileup involving 10 vehicles at an intersection in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, southwestern South Korea, on July 20, 2021. Twelve people, including three in cardiac arrest, were taken to hospitals.(Yonhap)
Longest arch bridge completed This photo, provided by Korea National Railway, shows a 5.9-kilometer railroad bridge linking the western cities of Pyeongtaek and Asan, completed on July 19, 2021. The bridge is the country’s longest arch bridge. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
AstraZeneca vaccines roll out from factory A batch of AstraZeneca vaccines rolls out from a plant of SK Bioscience Co., a major South Korean pharmaceutical firm, in Andong, 268 kilometers south of Seoul, on July 18, 2021, in this photo provided by South Korea’s health authorities. (Yonhap)
Virus-hit naval unit A South Korean Air Force plane arrives at an unidentified African airport on July 18, 2021, in this photo provided by the defense ministry. South Korea hastily sent two KC-330 multipurpose aerial tankers to bring home all of the South Korean service members belonging to the Cheonghae Unit on an anti-piracy mission off the coast of Africa, right after the unit reported mass COVID-19 infection onboard. (Yonhap)
180-cm human skeleton found This photo, released by the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation on July 15, 2021, shows a skeleton that archeologists have found at a tomb from the Silla Kingdom (57 B.C.- A.D. 935), believed to have been built 1,500 years ago, in the ancient city of Gyeongju. The male skeleton, which has a height of about 180 centimeters, is believed to be the highest among ones from the Three Kingdoms (57 B.C.-A.D. 668). (Yonhap)
