THAAD standoff Police break up a sit-in by residents and activists opposing the delivery of electricity equipment and construction materials into the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) base in the southeastern county of Seongju, North Gyeongsang Province, on April 28, 2021. (Yonhap)
Great day for surfingTwo windsurfers enjoy themselves at a beach on Jeju Island, a resort island in southern South Korea, on a windy April 24, 2021. (Yonhap)
COVID-19 self-testing kits An employee demonstrates how to use a COVID-19 self-test kit at a plant of biotech firm Humasis in Gunpo, south of Seoul, on April 23, 2021. South Korea’s drug safety agency granted conditional approval for two types of COVID-19 self-test kits, developed by two local biotech firms SD Biosensor and Humasis, as a supplementary tool to boost its testing capacity amid spiking cases. (Yonhap)
Hyundai’s double-decker electric busThis photo, provided by Hyundai Motor Co., shows the carmaker’s double-decker electric bus that was delivered to a bus operator in Incheon, west of Seoul, on April 21, 2021. Hyundai will deliver 40 such buses to cities neighboring Seoul this year. (Yonhap)
WaterfallsVisitors look at artificial waterfalls at a public park in Ansan, south of Seoul, on April 20, 2020, with the mercury rising to an intraday high of 20 C in the region. (Yonhap)
Snowy mountain in AprilA high-altitude mountain area near the Hangyeryeong Pass in Yangyang, Gangwon Province, is covered with snow on April 18, 2021, from the previous night. (Yonhap)
Mine detection A soldier from the Army’s First Engineering Brigade uses a metal detector on a mountain in the South Korean border town of Paju, north of Seoul, on April 15, 2021, to search for mines that may have been swept away. The Army will conduct a mine detection mission around the civilian control line just south of the land border with North Korea until November. (Yonhap)
Launching underground road Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon and other participants attend a tape-cutting ceremony in Seoul’s Yeouido on April 15, 2021, to mark the opening of a new 7.53-kilometer underground road that connects the Yeongdeungpo and Yangcheon wards in the South Korean capital’s southwestern area. (Yonhap)
N.K. leader joins photo session with cell secretaries North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (front) attends a group photo session in Pyongyang on April 13, 2021, with cell secretaries of North Korea’s Workers’ Party from across the nation who received lectures from April 9-11, in this photo captured from the North’s Korean Central Television the next day. (Yonhap)
