Outgoing Defense Minister Song Young-moo (R) transfers the flag of the defense ministry to his replacement, Jeong Kyeong-doo, during a ceremony at the ministry in Seoul on Sept. 21, 2018, to mark his departure from the post and Jeong’s inauguration. (Yonhap)
Foreign visitors look around Gwanghwamun Square in downtown Seoul wearing South Korea’s traditional costume, or hanbok, on Sept. 22, 2018. (Yonhap)
Bumper-to-bumper traffic clogs one side of a highway to the port city of Busan in Seoul’s Seocho Ward on Sept. 21, 2018, as the annual rush began of travelers heading to their hometowns and resort areas for the Chuseok holiday, the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving. Chuseok falls on Sept. 24 this year. Transportation authorities say more than 36.54 million people are expected to commute between Sept. 21-26. (Yonhap)
South Korean singer IU attends a publicity event in Seoul on Sept. 20, 2018, to promote the wireless noise-canceling WH-1000XM3 headphones manufactured by Japan’s Sony Corp. (Yonhap)
The front page of Sept. 19, 2018, edition of North Korea’s daily Rodong Sinmun is covered with an article and photos of South Korean President Moon Jae-in arriving in Pyongyang the previous day. Moon began his three-day visit on Sept. 18 for his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. North Korean media outlet Korean Central News Agency also filed multiple articles and photos on meetings and activities by the two leaders. (Yonhap)
This undated file photo shows Army Gen. Park Han-ki, commander of the 2nd Operation Command, whom President Moon Jae-in named to lead the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Sept. 17, 2018. (Yonhap)
Lee O-young, creative director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1988 Seoul Olympics, speaks during a ceremony in Seoul on Sept. 17, 2018, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of South Korea’s hosting of the Olympics. (Yonhap)
Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko, head of the Russian Federation Council, leaves Pyongyang on Sept. 10, 2018, after attending North Korea’s founding day celebration a day earlier in this photo from the North’s Korean Central News Agency. The media outlet released a series of photos showing foreign guests leaving after attending the ceremony. (Yonhap)
