Moon visits CambodiaSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in, escorted by Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni, inspects an honor guard at the royal place in Phnom Penh on March 15, 2019. Moon arrived in Cambodia a day earlier for a state visit. (Yonhap)
Bronze medal to celebrate designation of natural monumentThis photo, released by the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage on March 14, 2019, shows the front and back of a bronze medal that has been issued in cooperation with the state-run Korea Minting to celebrate the designation of the otter, an endangered animal, as the country’s Natural Monument No. 330. (Yonhap)
Ex-President Lee attends 1st trial after being released on bailFormer President Lee Myung-bak greets his supporters at the Seoul High Court on March 13, 2019, after standing trial for the first time since he was released on bail from a detention center on March 6. Lee is appealing a 15-year sentence for bribery, embezzlement and other corruption. (Yonhap)
S. Korean first lady meets with Brunei queenKim Jung-sook (R), wife of South Korean President Moon Jae-in, and Pengiran Anak Saleha, wife of Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, pose for a photo during their meeting at the sultan’s palace in Bandar Seri Begawan on March 11, 2019. (Yonhap)
North Korea holds parliamentary electionsNorth Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un casts his vote in the election of deputies to the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly at a polling station set up at Kim Chaek University of Technology on March 10, 2019, in this photo from the North’s Korean Central News Agency on March 12. Kim voted for the president of the university, Hong So-hon, who was a candidate, the news report said. The country holds parliamentary elections every five years. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
Tulips in full bloom on Jeju IslandVisitors walk through a field of tulips at a park in the city of Seogwipo on South Korea’s largest island of Jeju on March 8, 2019, with the 1,950-meter Mount Halla seen at the top. (Yonhap)
Jeju Fire FestivalPeople wearing traditional clothes conduct a ritual in front of an altar with a shaved pig on display in the city of Jeju on South Korea’s largest island of the same name on March 8, 2019. The ritual is part of the Jeju Fire Festival, which is held to pray for a bountiful harvest and good health in the new year. The festival, which opened the previous day, will run through March 10. (Yonhap)
Clear sky at lastA man flies a kite under the clear, azure sky near Changryongmun, one of the gates of Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon, just south of Seoul, on March 7, 2019. It was the first clean air in nearly a week after thick fine dust covered South Korea at its worst level and for the longest period on record. (Yonhap)
N.K. leader returns homeNews and photos of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un returning to Pyongyang from a Vietnam trip are carried in the March 5, 2019, edition of the country’s daily Rodong Sinmun. The paper was distributed just hours after Kim arrived at Pyongyang Railway Station at 3 a.m. Kim met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Hanoi last week, but the two leaders did not sign an agreement that they had been expected to approve. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
Cherry blossoms in bloomA brown-eared bulbul is perched on a cherry blossom tree at a school yard in Busan, some 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on March 3, 2019, a sign of spring approaching. (Yonhap)
