North Korea’s artillery firing drills This image captured from a documentary film aired by North Korea’s official Korean Central TV on Jan. 10, 2020, shows test-firings of multiple rocket launchers by an all-female military unit on the western border island of Changrin in November 2019. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the firing drills. (Yonhap)
N.K. leader’s new year field tripNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) speaks during an inspection of a fertilizer factory under construction in Sunchon, north of the capital Pyongyang, his first “field guidance” of the new year, in this photo provided by the Korean Central News Agency on Jan. 7, 2020. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
Anti-war rallySouth Korean peace activists hold a news conference in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Jan. 9, 2020, to denounce a recent U.S. attack on Iran and call on Seoul not to send troops to the Strait of Hormuz. (Yonhap)
Spoiled winter festThe venue for an annual global festival to catch trout through holes pierced through ice in the northeastern town of Hwacheon turns into a “sea of water” due to three days of rains amid unseasonal warmth on Jan. 8, 2020. (Yonhap)
Massive Chinese incentive tourSome 5,000 executives and employees of Yiyongtang, a health food distributor based in the northern Chinese city of Shenyang, pose for a photo in front of a large shopping mall in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Jan. 8, 2020. They were on a five-day incentive trip. The group is the biggest of its kind to come to South Korea since 2017 when South Korea and China were engulfed in a diplomatic row over the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system on South Korean soil. China has restricted tours to South Korea at a government level. (Yonhap)
Gold price soarsThis photo shows gold bars at the Korea Gold Exchange in Seoul on Jan. 6, 2020. Spot gold rose 2.3. percent to US$1,588.13 per ounce as of 8 a.m. on the day amid escalating tensions between the United States and Iran. (Yonhap)
New year rally in Pyongyang A massive rally takes place in Pyongyang on Jan. 5, 2020, to vow to thoroughly carry out the important tasks set forth at the fifth plenary meeting of the 7th Central Committee of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, in this photo captured from Korean Central TV. (Yonhap)
Mountain fire A mountain fire creates smoke in Chuncheon, 85 kilometers east of Seoul, on Jan. 4, 2020, in this photo provided by the Gangwon provincial government. (Yonhap)
