Calling on Japan to apologize for wartime atrocities Civil activists hold a rally in front of the former site of Japan’s Embassy in Seoul on March 1, 2021, to call on Japan to apologize for its wartime history as South Korea marked the 102nd anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement against Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule. (Yonhap)
Mass rallies bannedSignboards announcing bans on mass rallies are placed at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on Feb. 28, 2021. A Seoul court has placed bans on street rallies that conservative groups had planned to hold on March 1 Independence Movement Day, as concerns continue to mount over the spread of the new coronavirus in the capital city. (Yonhap)
Rare photo of Korean independence fighters A group of Korean independence fighters are seen in a military formation greeting an entourage of Kim Gu, leader of the Korean independence movement against Japan and a reunification activist under the Japanese colonial rule of Korea, on Nov. 5, 1945, at the Shanghai Jiangwan Airport in this rare photo provided by the Shanghai Library. (Yonhap)
U.S. spy ship in N. Korea This undated Yonhap file photo, released by the Korean Central News Agency, shows the USS Pueblo spy ship being displayed along the Daedong River in Pyongyang for anti-American propaganda purposes. North Korea seized the 906-ton ship and its 83-strong crew in January 1968. According to foreign reports on Feb. 25, 2021, the Washington federal court ordered the North to pay US$2.5 billion in damages to the crew, who were tortured and mistreated for 11 months after their seizure. (Yonhap)
S. Korea tests homegrown space rocket’s first-stage engines This photo taken on Feb. 25, 2021, shows the second launch pad on which South Korea’s locally built space launch vehicle, named Nuri, will sit at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, 485 kilometers south of Seoul. The second combustion experiment for Nuri’s first-stage engines was carried out successfully. South Korea is pushing forward for a launch set for October this year, the science ministry said. (Yonhap)
Ahead of anniv. of popular uprising against Japanese rule People holding South Korea’s Taegeukgi flags form the letters of March 1 during an event in the southwestern city of Gwangju on Feb. 24, 2021, to celebrate the 102nd anniversary on March 1 of the 1919 popular movement that protested for independence from Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. (Yonhap)
Anti-terrorist drill at vaccination center Members of the police special forces enter a COVID-19 vaccination center in the southeastern port city of Busan on Feb. 23, 2021, as they conduct a drill based on a scenario of a terrorist group abducting medical staff and stealing vaccines against the new coronavirus following its commandeering of the center. (Yonhap)
Ahead of anniv. of popular uprising against Japanese rule South Korea’s Taegeukgi flags are attached to trees in Seoul on Feb. 23, 2021, six days ahead of the 102nd anniversary of the 1919 popular movement that protested for independence from Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. (Yonhap)
N. Korea’s quarantine efforts against pandemic Officials disinfect a bus in Pyongyang amid the coronavirus pandemic, in this undated photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency on Feb. 19, 2021. North Korea has claimed to be coronavirus-free, but it has implemented relatively swift and extensive antivirus efforts since early last year, including border controls restricting movement of people and goods between the North and China. (Yonhap)
