PM attends U.N. Forces Participation Day Prime Minister Kim Min-seok (C, standing) pushes a wheelchair carrying a war veteran as he enters the ceremony marking the U.N. Forces Participation Day at KINTEX in Goyang, just northwest of Seoul, on July 27, 2025. (Yonhap)
N. Korea-Russia children’s campNorth Korean and Russian children take part in a ceremony at the Songdowon International Children’s Camp in the North’s eastern coastal city of Wonsan on July 22, 2025, to mark their entry into the camp as part of deepening their friendship, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
Tap water source covered with trash A massive amount of driftwood and other trash floats on Paldang Lake, a source of tap water for residents in Seoul and the surrounding Gyeonggi Province, in Hanam near Seoul on July 22, 2025, following a downpour that has hit the country. (Yonhap)
Sit-in protest at comfort woman statue ends after 10 years This undated photo, provided by the civic group “Anti-Japan,” shows the Statue of Peace, a comfort woman statue, in front of the former Japanese Embassy in central Seoul. Members of the civic group vacated their sit-in site next to the statue on July 20, 2025, 10 years after the group began its protest in opposition to the December 2015 South Korea–Japan agreement on wartime sexual slavery victims. (Yonhap)
Unification Church facility raided in probe into ex-first lady This photo, taken July 18, 2025, shows the Unification Church’s Seoul headquarters in the capital’s Yongsan Ward, which investigators from Special Prosecutor Min Joong-ki’s team raided the same day to secure evidence in connection with the alleged acceptance of luxury goods by Kim Keon Hee, wife of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, from the religious group three years ago. (Yonhap)
Heavy rain damage A destroyed CU convenience store outlet operated by BGF Retail Co. is inundated following heavy rain in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province, on July 20, 2025. (Yonhap)
Mount Kumgang’s addition to UNESCO World Heritage list This photo, released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on July 16, 2025, shows a view of scenic Mount Kumgang on the country’s east coast that the North’s state media reported was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list following the decision’s announcement on July 13. (Yonhap)
N.K. leader inspects offshore farm under construction This photo, released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on July 14, 2025, shows the construction site for an offshore farm in the town of Ragwon, North Hamgyong Province, which the North’s leader Kim Jong-un inspected the previous day. (Yonhap)
Russian FM returns home after N. Korea visit Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart, Choe Son-hui, as he leaves an airport in North Korea’s eastern coastal city of Wonsan on July 13, 2025, following his three-day trip to the North for meetings with Choe and the North’s leader Kim Jong-un, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. (Yonhap)
