Anniversary of June 10 uprising A portrait of the late student activist Park Jong-cheol is hung on the wall of a room, meant to pay tribute to Park, at the Democracy and Human Rights Memorial Hall in Seoul on June 10, 2021, the 34th anniversary of the June 10, 1987, democratization movement. Park died from torture on Jan. 14, 1987, while being interrogated by police who were cracking down on the massive wave of demonstrations demanding the country’s democratization. Room 509 of the former police torture facility, where Park was tortured to death, was transformed into a memorial hall of democracy and human rights. (Yonhap)
Deliverymen go on strike Unionized deliverymen hold a rally to resolve a strike at a logistics center in Seoul on June 9, 2021, as negotiations for better working conditions ruptured. (Yonhap)
Vegans’ rally A vegan wearing a mask of a fish is caught in a net, as members of the Korea Vegan Union hold a rally in Seoul on June 8, 2021, to call for people to go vegan as part of efforts to improve their health and the marine environment and to mark World Ocean Day that fell the same day. (Yonhap)
Snorkeling off Jeju IslandTourists snorkel in waters near a port in the city of Jeju on South Korea’s largest island of the same name on June 7, 2021. (Yonhap)
Jongmyo tablets moved for repair work Officials move 49 spirit tablets of kings and queens of the Joseon Dynasty from Jongmyo Shrine in central Seoul to the nearby Changdeok Palace on June 5, 2021, to repair a pavilion housing them at the royal shrine. (Yonhap)
Gatekeepers at palace People dressed in traditional raincoats, called “dorongi” in Korean, stand guard in front of the central gate of Gyeongbok Palace, one of the royal residences from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), in Seoul on June 3, 2021, as rain fell in the South Korean capital. (Yonhap)
Harvesting sun-dried salt This aerial view shows workers collecting sun-dried salt at a salt field in Incheon, west of Seoul, on June 2, 2021, for the first time this year. (Yonhap)
Traces of Joseon Dynasty administrative street Workers cover up the traces of six major offices handling state affairs during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) with soil at Gwanghwamun Square in downtown Seoul on June 1, 2021, to protect the remains ahead of the rainy season. The Seoul metropolitan government has engaged in the excavation work as part of a project to remodel the square and found the remains. (Yonhap)
Rally against USFK’s THAAD base Police officers disperse a group of residents and activists during a protest rally at the entrance of the site of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) base in the town of Seongju, about 220 km south of Seoul, on May 27, 2021, opposing the installation of the U.S. missile defense system, in this photo released by their office. (Yonhap)
