Moon attends welcoming ceremony in StockholmSouth Korean first lady Kim Jung-sook (L) and Swedish Queen Silvia take a carriage ride to the Stockholm Royal Palace on June 14, 2019, to attend a welcoming ceremony for South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Moon arrived in Sweden the previous day on the last leg of his eight-day Northern Europe trip that also took him to Finland and Norway. (Yonhap)
Daughter of late Korean Air chief gets suspended jail termCho Hyun-ah, the eldest daughter of late Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho leaves the Incheon District Court in Incheon, west of Seoul, on June 13, 2019. The 45-year-old was sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for two years, with a fine of 4.8 million won (US$4,047) and a forfeit of 63 million won, for smuggling luxury goods by making use of the airline’s planes. (Yonhap)
N.K. leader offers condolences over former first lady’s death A condolence message from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un rests on a memorial altar at a Seoul hospital on June 12, 2019, for Lee Hee-ho, the widow of former President Kim Dae-jung. Lee died on June 10 at age 96. Kim Yo-jong, the North Korean leader’s sister, delivered the condolence message and a wreath of condolence flowers to Chung Eui-yong, head of South Korea’s presidential National Security Office, and Rep. Park Jie-won of the minor opposition Party for Democracy and Peace at Tongilgak, a North Korean building in the truce village of Panmunjom inside the Demilitarized Zone, the same day. (Yonhap)
Veteran to be buried in S. KoreaSouth Korean Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs Pi Woo-jin (R) bows before the remains of Albert Hugh McBride, a Canadian veteran of the 1950-53 Korean War, at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on June 11, 2019, in this photo provided by the ministry. The remains will be buried at the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in the southern port city of Busan the next day. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
Opposition leader meets Korean War hero Hwang Kyo-ahn (R), leader of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party, shakes hands with retired Gen. Paik Sun-yup, a Korean War hero, during their meeting at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul on June 10, 2019. (Yonhap)
8th Army Commander Lt. Gen. Bills at 75th anniversary event Eighth Army Commander Lt. Gen. Michael A. Bills delivers opening remarks at the 75th anniversary of the Army’s establishment at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, on June 8, 2019. (Yonhap)
Forest fire victims rally A group of residents and merchants from the northeastern cities of Sokcho and Goseong, victimized by a devastating forest fire in April, rally near the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on June 7, 2019, to demand the government compensate them for their damages from the fire and come up with policies to support them. (Yonhap)
Korean name for outgoing UNC deputy commander Lt. Gen. Wayne D. Eyre, outgoing deputy commander of the United Nations Command (UNC), poses after receiving a frame with his Korean name written on it at a ceremony in Seoul, in this photo captured from the UNC website on June 7, 2019. The South Korea-U.S. Alliance Friendship Association presented the Canadian officer with the frame. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
Call for ban on sale of whale meatAnimal rights activists hold a rally in the southeastern port of Ulsan on June 7, 2019, to call for a ban on the distribution of whale meat and designation of Minke whales as a protected species. (Yonhap)
N. Korean children pay tribute to former leaders Delegates to the celebrations of the 73rd founding anniversary of the Korean Children’s Union gather at Mansudae Hill, where bronze statues of founder Kim Il-sung and his late son Kim Jong-il stand, in Pyongyang on June 4, 2019, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency on June 5. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
