Marking Hangeul Day Children pose for photos in front of artwork featuring the Korean alphabet, hangeul, at Gyeonggi Children’s Museum in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, on Oct. 8, 2025, a day ahead of Hangeul Day. (Yonhap)
JCS chairman, USFK commander visit front-line unit Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Chairman Gen. Jin Yong-sung (3rd from R) and the U.S. Forces Korea Commander Gen. Xavier Brunson (3rd from L) pose for a photo during their visit to a front-line military unit on Oct. 3, 2025, in this photo provided by the JCS. (Yonhap)
Pyongyang General Hospital This photo released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Oct. 7, 2025, shows Pyongyang General Hospital, which held an inaugural ceremony the previous day. (Yonhap)
Making wish Visitors make a wish at a full moon installation in Suncheon, 286 kilometers south of Seoul, on Oct. 5, 2025, in this photo provided by the city government. (Yonhap)
Ishiba visits S. Korean student’s grave Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R), alongside his wife Yoshiko, visits the grave of South Korean student Lee Soo-hyun at a cemetery in the southeastern port city of Busan on Sept. 30, 2025, to pay tribute to Lee, who was killed attempting to rescue a Japanese man from a subway train track in Tokyo in 2001, in this photo taken from the Japanese premier’s X account. (Yonhap)
Co-director of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’Maggie Kang, co-director of the global phenomenon “KPop Demon Hunters,” attends an event held on the margins of the 30th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) in the southeastern port city of Busan on Sept. 21, 2025. (Yonhap)
Chinese group tourists’ temporary visa-free entry to S. Korea A group of Chinese tourists arrives by ferry at a cruise terminal in the port city of Incheon, west of Seoul, on Sept. 29, 2025, as a temporary visa waiver program for Chinese group tourists who visit South Korea began the same day, as part of efforts to boost the nation’s tourism market. The program, which runs through June next year, allows more than three Chinese tourists on group tours to travel to South Korea without visas for as many as 15 days. (Yonhap)
Navy’s fleet review marking 80th anniv. A fleet review marking the 80th founding anniversary of the South Korean Navy takes place off the southeastern port city of Busan on Sept. 26, 2025. The fleet review featured dozens of maritime and air assets, including 31 warships, 18 aircraft as well as unmanned surface ships and aircraft, with the Jeongjo the Great destroyer taking on the role of the command ship. (Yonhap)
Clouds blanket Mt. Seorak This photo, provided by the city of Sokcho, shows mountain climbers in Seoraksan National Park in Sokcho, 190 kilometers northeast of Seoul, on Sept. 28, 2025, as clouds cover the mountains. (Yonhap)
