Snowy landscape This photo provided by a reader shows a snowy landscape at Hangyeryeong Pass in the eastern Gangwon Province on Jan. 24, 2021, when the mountainous region received heavy snow. (Yonhap)
Sewol families protest probe result Bereaved family members and activists stage a rally near the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Jan. 23, 2021, in protest of the recently announced result of a prosecutorial probe into the 2014 sinking of the Sewol ferry, which dismissed most of the key allegations raised by them and their supporters. (Yonhap)
Ex-U.S. envoy to S. Korea named acting assistant secretary of state This undated file photo shows former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Sung Kim, who was appointed acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs as of Jan. 21, 2021, according to information available on the website of the State Department. (Yonhap)
Non-contact launch of smartphones A customer receives Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S21 smartphone from a kiosk during a ceremony, organized by mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. in Seoul on Jan. 22, 2021, to showcase a system to launch the smartphone without coming into contact with the carrier’s employees. (Yonhap)
Outgoing U.S. ambassador President Moon Jae-in (R) and outgoing U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris pose during Harris’ farewell courtesy call at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Jan. 19, 2021, in this photo provided by Cheong Wa Dae. They hold a box of Andong Soju, a traditional Korean liquor, which Moon gifted to Harris. (Yonhap)
Charred used cars This photo, taken on Jan. 19, 2021, shows used cars that were gutted by a fire at a complex of used cars for export in Incheon, west of Seoul, earlier in the day. (Yonhap)
Entry blocked at virus-struck villageA road leading to a small village in Yeongam County, 384 kilometers south of Seoul, is blocked by a local public service worker on Jan. 15, 2021. The village was hit by a COVID-19 outbreak the previous day, infecting 11 residents so far. (Yonhap)
Frozen lake This photo, taken on Jan. 17, 2021, shows the frozen Seokchon Lake and the neighboring amusement park in southeastern Seoul amid a cold snap across the country. (Yonhap)
N. Korea’s military parade to celebrate party congress Kim Yo-jong (in red circle), the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, applauds as she takes part in a military parade at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang on Jan. 14, 2021, to celebrate the recently concluded eighth congress of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party, in this photo captured from the North’s Korean Central Television the next day. (Yonhap)
