U.S. Army’s trade show Retired U.S. Army Gen. Walter Sharp, former commander of the South Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command, speaks to Yonhap News as he visits the Association of the United States Army’s Annual Meeting and Exposition at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 13, 2025. (Yonhap)
N.K. leader pays respects at family mausoleum A flower wreath laid by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is seen at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang on Oct. 12, 2025, to pay tribute to his grandfather and North Korea’s founder, Kim Il-sung, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. The mausoleum enshrines the mummified bodies of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il, the current leader’s father. (Yonhap)
White-naped cranes’ arrival White-naped cranes rest in a rice paddy in the central border town of Cheorwon, about 90 kilometers northeast of Seoul, on Oct. 13, 2025, in this provided photo. The migratory birds return to Russia and other habitats in Siberia after spending the winter in the inter-Korean border and nearby regions. (Yonhap)
Marking Hangeul Day Children pose for photos in front of artwork featuring the Korean alphabet, hangeul, at Gyeonggi Children’s Museum in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, on Oct. 8, 2025, a day ahead of Hangeul Day. (Yonhap)
JCS chairman, USFK commander visit front-line unit Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Chairman Gen. Jin Yong-sung (3rd from R) and the U.S. Forces Korea Commander Gen. Xavier Brunson (3rd from L) pose for a photo during their visit to a front-line military unit on Oct. 3, 2025, in this photo provided by the JCS. (Yonhap)
Pyongyang General Hospital This photo released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Oct. 7, 2025, shows Pyongyang General Hospital, which held an inaugural ceremony the previous day. (Yonhap)
Making wish Visitors make a wish at a full moon installation in Suncheon, 286 kilometers south of Seoul, on Oct. 5, 2025, in this photo provided by the city government. (Yonhap)
Ishiba visits S. Korean student’s grave Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R), alongside his wife Yoshiko, visits the grave of South Korean student Lee Soo-hyun at a cemetery in the southeastern port city of Busan on Sept. 30, 2025, to pay tribute to Lee, who was killed attempting to rescue a Japanese man from a subway train track in Tokyo in 2001, in this photo taken from the Japanese premier’s X account. (Yonhap)
Co-director of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’Maggie Kang, co-director of the global phenomenon “KPop Demon Hunters,” attends an event held on the margins of the 30th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in the southeastern port city of Busan on Sept. 21, 2025. (Yonhap)
