Auto cluster to be created in Pyeongtaek This image, provided by the Pyeongtaek city government on July 12, 2021, shows a rendering of a 1.47-million-square-meter auto cluster complex to be built in the port city of Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of Seoul. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
U.S. lawmakers in Seoul Young Kim, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, holds a press conference with U.S. congressman Ami Bera (not pictured), at a Seoul hotel on July 7, 2021. Kim and Bera, who are affiliated with a bipartisan study group known as the Congressional Study Group on Korea, arrived in Seoul the previous day and will meet South Korean government officials and lawmakers to discuss major policy issues between the two countries. (Yonhap)
Virus resurgence Citizens form a long line to get tested at a COVID-19 testing station at the Olympic Park in southern Seoul on July 7, 2021, amid mass infections at a department store in the area and the resurgence of the virus nationwide. (Yonhap)
Isolation exemptions Entrants who have gotten vaccinated against COVID-19 pass through an exit exclusive for such passengers upon arrival at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on July 6, 2021, as they were exempted from a two-week isolation. (Yonhap)
Daecheon Beach opens Daecheon Beach in the western city of Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province, opens to the public on July 3, 2021, in this photo provide by the city government. The beach will be open until Aug. 22. (Yonhap)
Eased social distancing rules An employee puts up a sign at a restaurant in Seoul on June 28, 2021, to inform customers that gatherings of up to six people are allowed starting July 1 under the eased social distancing rules amid the coronavirus pandemic. Under the new Level 2 distancing, the ban on gatherings of five or more people will be eased to six people until July 14 in the greater Seoul area before the ceiling goes up to eight. (Yonhap)
Giant pot Models promote CJ CheilJedang’s new ready-to-eat cooked rice product with a giant pot and a wooden spoon at Time Square shopping mall in central Seoul on June 27, 2021. (Yonhap)
SK Telecom’s serving bot This photo provided by SK Telecom Co. on June 27, 2021, shows the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) powered serving bot, Servinggo, at Hotel Inter-Burgo in Daegu, 302 kilometers southeast of Seoul. SK Telecom said 10 serving bots will go into service in August at the hotel. (Yonhap)
