NK leader’s condolence wreath A wreath sent by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is set up beside the tomb of Ri Jae-il, ex-adviser to the information and publicity department of the central committee of the North’s Workers’ Party and recipient of the Labor Hero tile, during a funeral at a cemetery in Pyongyang on Feb. 6, 2021. (Yonhap)
N.K.’s documentary on N.K. leaderThis photo, captured from Korean Central TV, shows a scene from the North Korean broadcaster’s documentary, titled “(North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s) Endeavors and Sacrifices for People in 2020,” which aired on Feb. 1, 2021. (Yonhap)
Conventional marketplace congested ahead of Lunar New Year Gyeongdong Market in Seoul is crowded with people on Feb. 7, 2021, ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday that runs from Feb. 11-13. (Yonhap)
Protest in S. Korea over military coup in Myanmar A South Korean protestor stages a rally in front of Myanmar’s Embassy in Seoul on Feb. 5, 2021, against the Southeast Asian country’s military, which seized power in a Feb. 1 coup and detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (Yonhap)
Catholic ordination This photo, provided by the Archdiocese of Seoul, shows new priests prostrating during an ordination ceremony at Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul on Feb. 5, 2021. (Yonhap)
Rally for U.S. Army to bear environmental purification costs A group of student activists stages a rally in front of the U.S. Eighth Army’s Camp Walker in the southeastern city of Daegu on Feb. 3, 2021, to call for the U.S. Army to bear the environmental purification costs for the camp’s heliport that was returned to South Korea last year. (Yonhap)
Drill for vaccine transportation A military police vehicle follows a truck carrying simulated COVID-19 vaccines on a road in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, on Feb. 1, 2021, as South Korea conducts a drill to transport them cryogenically ahead of the vaccination of the whole nation starting this month. (Yonhap)
Paper on N.K. nuclear energy project This photo shows a six-page document written by the energy ministry on the possibility of building a nuclear power plant in North Korea. The ministry unveiled the document on Feb. 1, 2021, to calm what it called an “unnecessary” political dispute sparked by a report on the paper’s existence. (Yonhap)
Homeless infections Homeless people talk in front of Seoul Station on Jan. 29, 2021. The cumulative number of such people infected with COVID-19 there increased to 39. (Yonhap)
