Tougher check on coal ash imports from JapanEnvironmental officials conduct a radioactive test on coal ash imports from Japan at the eastern port of Donghae on Sept. 2, 2019, in line with tougher inspection rules amid a Seoul-Tokyo trade row. (Yonhap)
Marathon along DMZRunners participate in a race along the demilitarized zone, close to the border with North Korea, in the central border town of Cheorwon, Gangwon Province, on Sept. 1, 2019, in this photo provided by city government of Cheorwon. (Yonhap)
S. Korea holds culture festival with JapanSouth Korean and Japanese citizens pose for a picture during the Korea-Japan Culture Festival 2019 held in Seoul on Sept. 1, 2019. (Yonhap)
Protest against JapanActivists stage a rally in central Seoul on Aug. 31, 2019, calling for Japan to make sincere efforts to settle historical feuds stemming from its 1910-45 colonization of the Korean Peninsula. (Yonhap)
Baseball-loving former ambassador Former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert poses for a photo after watching a pro baseball game between the SK Wyverns and Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on Aug. 27, 2019. (Yonhap)
N. Korea tests new super-large multiple rocket launcher North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C, front) joins a group photo with soldiers after a newly developed super-large multiple rocket launcher was tested on Aug. 24, 2019, in this photo captured from the North’s Korean Central TV Broadcasting Station the next day. (Yonhap)
New presidential carPresident Moon Jae-in (C) steps out of his new official hydrogen car at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Aug. 27, 2019, in this photo provided by the presidential office. (Yonhap)
University students hold flashlight vigil Korea University students and parents’ group leaders hold a flashlight vigil using their mobile phones at the school’s main campus in Seoul on Aug. 23, 2019. The participants are calling for a probe into allegations that justice minister nominee Cho Kuk’s daughter was admitted to the university unfairly. Allegations involving illicit admissions triggers a strong public response since getting into a good school could literally determine a person’s future. (Yonhap)
