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)
Unionists hold rally in Ulsan to protest labor reform measures Members of the Korea Confederation of Trade Unions hold a rally demanding a halt to labor reforms at Taehwagang Station square in Ulsan, 414 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Aug. 21, 2019. The unionist claimed the reform measures being considered can hurt the rights of South Korean workers. (Yonhap)
This photo, released by North Korea’s Central News Agency on Aug. 17, 2019, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) reacting to the country’s test of a “new weapon” a day earlier. (Yonhap)
Russian diplomats in N.K.Officials from the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang and a Russian delegation led by Vice Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov offer flowers at the Liberation Tower honoring the former Soviet war dead in the North’s capital on Aug. 15, 2019, in this photo released by the North’s Korean Central News Agency. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
