A ceremony to open a memorial hall for the late U.S. Gen. Richard Whitcomb is under way at the South Korean Army’s Fifth Logistics Support Command in Busan on Dec. 29, 2017, in this photo provided by the command. Whitcomb, called the “father of war orphans,” contributed to rehabilitating South Korea for years after the end of the Korean War (1950-53). In particular, the general, as the U.S. Forces Korea commander, helped homeless victims of a massive fire in Daegu in 1953. (Yonhap)
This photo shows an iPhone shop in Seoul. According to the local law firm Hwimyung on Dec. 28, 2017, some 20 iPhone users plan to submit a class suit against Apple Korea for slowing down older iPhone models early next year. (Yonhap)
A group of civic activists in front of the foreign ministry in Seoul on Dec. 27, 2017, calls for the scrapping of an agreement made between the South Korean and Japanese governments in 2015 over issues surrounding the Japanese military’s sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II. Earlier in the day, a foreign ministry task force announced the outcomes of its five-month review, concluding that the accord lacked efforts to listen to victims, euphemistically called “comfort women,” before reaching the deal. (Yonhap)
This photo released by the Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials on Dec. 26, 2017, shows its new commercial robot, “Amiro,” developed for operation at electronics production plants. According to the institute, located in Daejeon, 164 kilometers south of Seoul, Amiro can do packing and assembly jobs at a speed equal to that of humans. (Yonhap)
Members of a South Korean animal rights group perform in Insadong, central Seoul, on Dec. 24, 2017, to oppose the butchery of dogs and other animals. (Yonhap)
Participants in Santa outfits march in a parade on Seoullo 7017, an overpass that has been redeveloped as a walking path, on Dec. 23, 2017. [Yonhap]
South Korean Speaker Chung Sye-kyun (R) poses with visiting Filipino boxer and Senator Manny Pacquiao at the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec. 22, 2016. (Yonhap)
The family members of about 140 naval cadets welcome their return from a 98-day overseas training cruise during a ceremony at a naval base in Jinhae, South Gyeongsang Province, on Dec. 18, 2017. They visited 10 ports in 10 countries around the world aboard the 4,400-ton destroyer Ganggamchan and the 4,400–ton logistics support ship Hwacheon. (Yonhap)
Two South Korean journalists who were injured during a scuffle with Chinese security guards return home in wheelchairs on Dec. 15, 2017. The scuffle broke out a day earlier when the photojournalists were covering a business function attended by President Moon Jae-in hours before his summit with Xi Jinping. (Yonhap)
An Apache Guardian attack chopper fires a Stinger air-to-air guided missile at a target drone during a missile drill off the country’s west coast Dec. 13, 2017, in this photo provided by the Army. This was the first live-fire drill by South Korea’s new Apache unit. (Yonhap)
