Winter solstice traditionA volunteer uses a sprig of pine to sprinkle red bean porridge, called “patjuk,” around a Korean-style house at the National Folklore Museum of Korea in Seoul on Dec. 21, 2018, the eve of the winter solstice, in a reenactment of a traditional rite meant to repel evil spirits. (Yonhap)
Short track star at courtTwo-time Olympic short track speed skating champion Shim Suk-hee attends an appeals trial at the Suwon District Court on Dec. 17, 2018, to give her testimony on former South Korean national short track coach Cho Jae-beom’s habitual assaults of multiple short track skaters, including her. Cho was sentenced to 10 months in prison at the first trial. (Yonhap)
An outdoor mural on a grain silo in the port city of Incheon, west of Seoul, has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s largest, the city government said Monday. The silo is 48 meters high, 168 meters long and 31.5 meters wide, and its mural occupies 23,688.7 square meters. Guinness has published the record, which was recognized Sept. 20, on its website. Previously, the Pueblo Levee Project in Pueblo, in the U.S. state of Colorado, held the Guinness World Record for the largest outdoor mural at 16,554.8 square meters. [Korea Times]
Ex-defense chief at trialFormer Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin (C) arrives at the Seoul Central District Court to attend a trial over allegations that he interfered in politics by mobilizing the Cyber Warfare Command. (Yonhap)
Pizzas for soldiersKi Chan-soo, commissioner of the Military Manpower Administration, hands out pizzas to soldiers during a year-end visit to the 57th Regiment of the 23rd Infantry Division in Samcheok, 290 km east of Seoul, on Dec. 14, 2018, in this photo provided by the administration. (Yonhap)
Exhibition on inter-Korean summitsA visitor looks at displays at a special exhibition on inter-Korean summit talks at the Presidential Archives in Seoul on Dec. 13, 2018. (Yonhap)
Against N.K. leader’s visitMembers from the Korean War Abductees’ Family Union hold a rally opposing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s rumored visit to Seoul within the year near the presidential office in Seoul on Dec. 11, 2018. (Yonhap)
