Methamphetamine seized from MalaysiansThis photo, taken on Jan. 29, 2019, shows seized plastic pouches containing methamphetamine at a district prosecutors’ office in the city of Incheon, west of Seoul. Prosecutors said the same day they have arrested and indicted eight Malaysians on charges of attempting to smuggle 13.3 kilograms of methamphetamine, worth 44 billion won (US$39.4 million), into South Korea. (Yonhap)
Choe Ryong-hae at chicken farmChoe Ryong-hae, a member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of North Korea’s Workers’ Party, inspects the Hadang Chicken Farm on Jan. 22, 2019. (Yonhap)
N. Korea’s ‘godfather of propaganda’ returnsThis photo printed in the Jan. 24, 2019, edition of North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun shows Kim Ki-nam, known as North Korea’s “godfather of propaganda” and believed to have retired. Kim, who spent decades overseeing propaganda operations in the North, including building personality cults around the former and current leaders, was seen shaking hands with members of an art delegation in state media photos released the same day. (Yonhap)
N.K. posters on leader’s New Year speechThis photo from the North’s Korean Central News Agency on Jan. 24, 2019, shows one of the new propaganda posters highlighting messages from the New Year’s Day speech by the country’s leader Kim Jong-un. This poster reads, “Let the young people become pioneers of new technology, creators of new culture and pathfinders for a great leap forward!” (Yonhap)
Moon celebrates his birthday at bakeryPresident Moon Jae-in (C) receives a cake to mark his 67th birthday from employees of Sung Sim Dang, a long-established bakery, in the central city of Daejeon, 160 kilometers south of Seoul, on Jan. 24, 2019, after buying “Twigim Soboro,” or fried streusel bread, at the shop. (Yonhap)
Moon meets umbrella union leadersPresident Moon Jae-in (C) poses with Kim Joo-young (L), head of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions and Kim Myoung-hwan, head of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, prior to their talks at the presidential office in Seoul on Jan. 25, 2019. (Yonhap)
Call for lowering voting ageYoun So-ha (3rd from L, front), floor leader of the minor opposition Justice Party, other lawmakers and a group of youths rally in front of the National Assembly in Seoul on Jan. 22, 2019, to call for having the nation’s minimum voting age lowered by one year to 18. (Yonhap)
NK premier inspects fertilizer factoryNorth Korean Premier Pak Pong-ju (C) inspects a fertilizer factory in Hungnam, the North’s South Hamgyong Province, in this photo provided by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency on Jan. 22, 2019. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
‘Otto Warmbier Way’ street name sought near N.K. officeThis Jan. 17, 2019, photo shows the building in Manhattan, New York, where North Korea has its mission to the United Nations. U.S. broadcaster Fox News reported that Joe Borelli, a New York City Council member, is seeking to rename the street in front of the building “Otto Warmbier Way” after a U.S. university student who was detained in the North for 17 months and died in 2017 soon after he was sent back home in a coma. (Yonhap)
Singer Eunseo named promotional envoy for ArmyEunseo (R), a member of South Korean girl group Cosmic Girls, poses for a photo with Army Chief of Staff Gen. Kim Yong-woo in Seoul on Jan. 18, 2019, after receiving a letter from Kim to mark her appointment as a promotional ambassador for the Army, in this photo released by the Army. (Yonhap)
