Opposition leader’s hunger strike Hwang Kyo-ahn (sitting), chairman of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, starts a hunger strike in front of the presidential office in Seoul on Nov. 20, 2019, in protest of the Moon Jae-in government’s “total mismanagement of state affairs.” (Yonhap)
ABB machinery in N. KoreaIn this photo, provided by the Korean Central News Agency on Nov. 19, 2019, the logo (in the red circle) of ABB Group, a Swiss-Swedish multinational corporation, is seen on equipment at a newly built fish-processing factory in the North’s eastern port of Tongchon, which North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (in white clothes) inspected. It’s unclear whether the Zurich-based company’s machinery in North Korea is in violation of U.N. Resolution 2397, adopted on Dec. 22, 2017. The resolution completely bans all U.N. member nations from exporting industrial machines to the North. (Yonhap)
Snow covered NogodanNogodan Peak in Gurye County, 390 kilometers southeast of Seoul, is covered in snow on Nov. 19, 2019, after the first snowfall this winter. Jirisan National Park service, which provided the photo, said heavy snow started falling around the mountain late the previous day. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
Blackpink listed on Time 100 NEXT list This photo, provided by YG Entertainment, shows South Korean girl group Blackpink, which made it onto the U.S. magazine Time’s new 100 NEXT list on Nov. 13, 2019. The list names 100 rising stars who are shaping the future of business, entertainment, sports, politics and science. The 100 selected figures on the list were categorized into artists, advocates, leaders, phenoms and innovators. Blackpink was listed as a phenom. (Yonhap)
Marathon beginsPeople participate in the SonKeeChung Peace Marathon in Seoul on Nov. 17, 2019. Son, Korea’s legendary marathoner, won the gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but his medal was counted as Japan’s as Korea was then under Tokyo’s colonial rule. (Yonhap)
National college entrance examStudents show their test identification slips as they come out of a school after taking the College Scholastic Aptitude Test in Suwon, south of Seoul, on Nov. 14, 2019. About 490,550 students nationwide took the national college entrance exam. (Yonhap)
S. Korea-U.S. military talksSouth Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Chairman Gen. Park Han-ki (R) and his U.S. counterpart, Gen. Mark Milley, pose for a photo at the 44th Military Committee Meeting (MCM) at the JCS building in Seoul on Nov. 14, 2019, in this photo provided by the JCS. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
This photo provided by the Navy shows South Korea’s new 2,800-ton frigate FFG-II Seoul, which was launched in the southeastern port city of Ulsan on Nov. 11, 2019. (Yonhap)
Palace amid autumn leavesForeign tourists photograph themselves on a walkway, covered with fallen autumn leaves, along the wall of Deoksu Palace in Seoul on Nov. 11, 2019. The palace, one of the royal residences from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), is a top tourist spot in the South Korean capital. (Yonhap)
Supporting pro-democracy protests in Hong KongA participant in a rally in western Seoul supporting the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong attaches a message of support to a banner on Nov. 10, 2019. (Yonhap)
