Female soldiers salute the national flag during a ceremony in Seoul on Sept. 6, 2017, to mark 67th anniversary of the establishment of South Korea’s Women’s Army Corps. (Yonhap)
This photo, taken on Sept. 6, 2017, shows farming machines that residents placed to block a road to a village near a U.S. base in Seongju, 296 km southeast of Seoul, where two launchers for an advanced U.S. missile defense system, known as the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), are deployed. The residents’ move came amid reports that the U.S. military will deploy four additional THAAD missile interceptor launchers to the base at 2:00 a.m. the next day. (Yonhap)
A farmer driving a tractor goes past the former Cheorwon office of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the ruling party of North Korea, in the central South Korean border town of Cheorwon on Sept. 4, 2017, at a time when North Korea’s sixth nuclear test the previous day raised tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The North announced the previous day it tested a hydrogen bomb that can fit on an intercontinental ballistic missile with “perfect” success. (Yonhap)
A military helicopter airlifts matrials toward a golf course in Seongju, 296 km southeast of Seoul, where two launchers for an advanced U.S. missile defense system, known as the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), are deployed on Sept. 4, 2017. South Korea’s defense ministry announced that U.S. Forces Korea will soon install four more THAAD missile defense launchers at the site. (Yonhap)
South Korean dancer, Kim Sun-ja, performs “jinhonmu,” a dance for the repose of the deceased, during a memorial service at Yokoamicho Park in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2017, to pay tribute to Koreans massacred by Japanese in the aftermath of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake in Tokyo and its vicinity. A monument at the park says up to 6,000 Koreans were killed. The massacre began when the Japanese government spread rumors of a planned riot by Koreans in a scheme to divert public attention from social unrest. (Yonhap)
Soyanggang Dam in Chuncheon, east of Seoul, opens its gates to discharge water on Aug. 25, 2017, for the first time in six years, after heavy rain fell in the area earlier in the week. (Yonhap)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un observes the launch of a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile in Pyongyang on Aug. 29, 2017, North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Aug. 30. The missile flew over Japan and landed in the northern Pacific Ocean. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
This photo provided by South Korea’s Navy First Fleet shows soldiers deploying mobile guided missile launchers in Gangwon Province’s Donghae on the east coast on Aug. 25, 2017, as part of the annual Ulchi Freedom Guardian war games. (Yonhap) (
This file photo is of rugby player Andre Jin Coquillard, who recently was approved for naturalization in Korea, according to the Korea Rugby Union on Aug. 26, 2017. Born to a Korean mother and American father, Coquillard, currently a forward with Korea’s military team, had joined the Korean national squad in 2015. He needed the naturalization to play in the Olympics. (Yonhap)
Cuauhtemoc, a Mexican Navy vessel built for training cadets, arrives at South Korea’s southeastern port city of Busan on Aug. 27, 2017. Some 200 cadets and servicemen of the Mexican Naval Academy came aboard the 1,800-ton vessel named after the last Aztec emperor. (Yonhap)
