Haze hits SeoulThis photo taken on Dec. 10, 2019, shows haze blurring the sky over downtown Seoul, as the density of harmful particles increased in the South Korean capital and other cities. The government implemented emergency measures against air pollutants for the day for the first time this winter. (Yonhap)
Santa bus driversBus drivers in Santa Claus costumes wave in Pohang, 374 km southeast of Seoul, on Dec. 11, 2019, as their bus company decided to operate four Santa buses from Dec. 16-25. (Yonhap)
Dinosaurs in Boryeong The sculptures of three dinosaurs are unveiled at a beach in Boryeong, 160 kilometers south of Seoul, on Dec. 6, 2019. The Boryeong city authorities, who provided this photo, designated fossilized footprints found on the beach in 2015 as natural monuments of South Chungcheong Province in May. (Yonhap)
Foreign minister at U.S. military base South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha arrives at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, about 70 kilometers south of Seoul, to encourage South Korean and American troops on Dec. 7, 2019, in this photo provided by her ministry. (Yonhap)
USFK general attends friendship night United States Forces Korea commanding general Robert Abrams attends the Korea America Year End Friendship Night in downtown Seoul on Dec. 5, 2019. The event was hosted by the Korea America Friendship Society. (Yonhap)
N. Korea completes dam construction to ease power shortages North Korean party and government officials, soldiers and construction workers hold a ceremony to mark the completion of the Phalhyang Dam of the Orangchon Power Station in North Hamgyong Province, northeastern North Korea, on Dec. 4, 2019, in this photo released by the North’s Korean Central News Agency. The dam’s completion came more than a year after leader Kim Jong-un visited the area and lashed out at workers for incompetence and procrastination. (Yonhap)
N. Korean leader visits Mt. PaektuThis photo, released by the Korean Central News Agency on Dec. 4, 2019, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) , alongside his wife Ri Sol- ju and North Korean officials, warming himself around a bonfire on a snow-covered Mount Paektu, a volcano on the North Korean-Chinese border. Kim looked around revolutionary battle sites in the highest peak on the Korean Peninsula, considered sacred by Koreans. (Yonhap)
Hyundai Rotem delivers double-deck electric trains to AustraliaThis image, released by Hyundai Rotem Co. on Dec. 2, 2019, shows a double-deck electric train manufactured by the South Korean railway system and plant equipment maker at its plant in the southeastern city of Changwon. Hyundai Rotem has sent 20 double-deck electric trains to New South Wales’ railway authorities in Australia as the first batch of the 554 vehicles it agreed to export to the Australian state. (Yonhap)
Santas join charity pot launch eventMembers of a mountain climbing club, clad in Santa Claus costumes, stage a performance during a ceremony launching the Salvation Army’s charity pot campaign in Seoul on Dec. 1, 2019. (Yonhap)
N.K. test-firing of ‘super-large multiple launch rocket system’North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (far R) watches a projectile being launched from a “super-large multiple rocket launcher” off North Korea’s east coast on Nov. 28, 2019, in this photo taken from footage aired by the North’s Korean Central Television. South Korea’s military said the North fired two projectiles from what is presumed to be a super-large multiple rocket launcher from Yeonpo in the country’s eastern South Hamgyong Province toward the East Sea.
