Graduation amid pandemic A masked graduate poses in a classroom at Kyunghee University in Seoul on Aug. 18, 2021, as students have “I was there” photos taken. Most universities in the country, which canceled graduation ceremonies amid fears of the coronavirus pandemic, are expected to continue online classes in the second semester. (Yonhap)
Starbucks coffee on the menu at the "Sunrise Cafe" in #Pyongyang Remember spotting a large tub of Quality Streets on sale in the shop there for €40. One of the few cafes which kept their curtains open with a view overlooking the streets below. Taken in 2019. #NorthKorea#DPRKpic.twitter.com/Xy6XSFcVaX
Jeju tightens COVID-19 rules A downtown street on the southern resort island of Jeju is nearly empty on Aug. 18, 2021, after the local government raised its social distancing restrictions to curb COVID-19 to the highest level on the day. (Yonhap)
Vegan rally Lee Won-bok, chief of the Korea Vegan Union, stages a solo rally in Seoul on Aug. 13, 2021, to call for people to go vegan as part of efforts to improve their health, claiming sausage and ham have cancer-causing agents. (Yonhap)
Indigenous sub launchedA launch ceremony for South Korea’s first 3,000-ton submarine, the Dosan Ahn Chang-ho, built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., is held at the South Korean shipbuilder’s Okpo shipyard on the southern island of Geoje on Aug. 13, 2021, in this photo release by the Navy. (Yonhap)
‘Bus walls’ in central GwanghwamunPolice buses are parked along sidewalks in Seoul’s central Gwanghwamun on Aug. 14, 2021, forming “bus walls” to block mass rallies as part of preventive measures against the spread of COVID-19 ahead of the Liberation Day holiday. (Yonhap)
Samsung’s foldable smartphone This photo taken Aug. 12, 2021, shows Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Z Fold3 (R) and Galaxy Z Flip3 5G smartphones with upgraded displays, durability and functionality after they were unveiled at the virtual Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2021 event the previous day. They are scheduled to be launched globally on Aug. 27. (Yonhap)
Restaurant sector hit by pandemic An employee sorts chairs collected from defunct restaurants at a second-hand kitchenware shop in Ansan, south of Seoul, on Aug. 10, 2021. The number of employees in the restaurant sector covered by employment insurance fell 2.3 percent from a year earlier to 647,000 in July, amid drops in sales hit by strengthened social distancing rules that resulted from a new wave of the coronavirus pandemic. (Yonhap)
Pyeongtaek mayor meets USFK head In this photo, taken Aug. 9, 2021, and provided by the Pyeongtaek municipality, Pyeongtaek Mayor Jeong Jang-seon (L) poses with Gen. Paul LaCamera, commander of U.S. Forces Korea, during their meeting to discuss ways to enhance cooperation at U.S. Army base Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, 70 km south of Seoul. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
N.K. leader presides over 1st-ever workshop for military commanders North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) inspects an honor guard as he attends the first-ever workshop of military commanders and political officers in Pyongyang, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency on July 30, 2021. At the workshop, which ran from July 24 through 27, Kim made no mention of nuclear weapons or relations with South Korea or the United States. (Yonhap)
