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)
Subcontract workers’ rallyA group of subcontract workers march during a rally in Seoul on Jan. 18, 2019, to call for the change of their status to regular workers. The rally came on the heels of the death last month of a subcontract worker at a power station. Kim Yong-gyun was killed in a conveyor belt accident earlier in the month while working under unprotected and underpaid conditions, touching off public demand for better treatment for workers like him. (Yonhap)
Golden bat found in InjeThis undated photo, provided by the Inje municipal government on Jan. 17, 2019, shows a type of bat with golden-yellow fur that researchers found hibernating in Inje, a town in South Korea’s northeastern province of Gangwon. The endangered species, designated as the country’s Natural Monument No. 452, is also known as a golden bat due to the color of its fur. It is unusual to find the species in a northern area of the country, as it is more often spotted inhabiting southern regions. (Yonhap)
N. Korea marks 60th anniv. of Worker-Peasant Red GuardsOfficials of North Korea’s Worker-Peasant Red Guards hold a national meeting in Pyongyang on Jan. 14, 2019, to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the country’s reserve forces in this photo released by the North’s Korean Central News Agency. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
Painting of Mount Kumgang by N. Korean artistThis photo, taken Jan. 16, 2019, shows a painting of the landscape of Mount Kumgang on North Korea’s east coast, displayed at a museum in the southwestern South Korean town of Gangjin. Painted by North Korean artist Ahn Myong-sok, the painting, 5.82 meters wide and 2 meters tall, is the largest of those showing the scenic spot that are available in South Korea, the museum said. (Yonhap)
Detection of idling carsAn official from the Seoul metropolitan government uses a thermal imaging camera on a street in Seoul’s Jung Ward on Jan. 15, 2019, to detect whether the motor of a car is idling. Emergency measures were in effect for the third consecutive day to minimize air pollution as the country combats dense haze. (Yonhap)
Fire at hotel in CheonanThis provided photo shows smoke billowing from a hotel in Cheonan, 92 kilometers south of Seoul, on Jan. 14, 2019, after a fire broke out earlier in the day. (Yonhap)
Moon with new chief of staffPresident Moon Jae-in (R) and his new chief of staff, Noh Young-min, chat as they head to a luncheon with officials of the ruling Democratic Party at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Jan. 11, 2019. Noh, former ambassador to China, was appointed to the post on Jan. 8. (Yonhap)
Graduation ceremony at elementary school in DMZWayne Eyre (R), deputy commander of the United Nations Command, gives gifts to the graduates of Daesong Elementary School at their graduation ceremony in Paju, north of Seoul, on Jan. 11, 2019. Daesong is the only elementary school in the town of the same name, located near the inter-Korean border and within the Demilitarized Zone. There were four graduates this year. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS more info about collision in paras 2 and 7) TONGYEONG, South Korea, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) — A fishing boat carrying 14 people overturned after colliding with a cargo vessel off the country’s southern coast, leaving three people dead and two missing, authorities said Friday. (Yonhap)
