Visitors look through cars displayed at Tesla’s first showroom in Korea that opened on March 15, 2017, at Starfield Hanam shopping mall just east of Seoul. Only the Model S 90D is currently available locally with delivery expected to begin in June. (Yonhap)
These before (top) and after photos, taken between March 13 and 14, 2017, show that pictures of former President Park Geun-hye were taken down from the media compound of the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae. The compound is used to house the press and for media-related events such as presidential news conferences. Park was removed from office in a ruling by the Constitutional Court on March 10. (Yonhap)
Rear Adm. James Kilby, commander of U.S. Carrier Strike Group 1, makes remarks after arriving with the group’s flagship supercarrier USS Carl Vinson at South Korea’s southeastern port city of Busan on March 15, 2017. The Carl Vinson is taking part in joint South Korea-U.S. military maneuvers aimed at countering North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile threats. (Yonhap)
Former President Park Geun-hye is photographed departing the presidential office and residence Cheong Wa Dae on Nov. 21, 1979. Park had lived at Cheong Wa Dae when her father Park Chung-hee was president and also served as the first lady after her mother was assassinated. She moved out of the presidential compound after her father was also assassinated in October 1979. On March 10, 2017, the eight judges of the Constitutional Court ruled unanimously to impeach Park, forcing her to move out again unexpectedly. (Yonhap file photo)
Former President Park Geun-hye’s residence in Samseong-dong, southern Seoul, is under inspection by her guards on March 11, 2017, before she returns from Cheong Wa Dae. Park is currently staying in the presidential house despite the Constitutional Court’s decision on Friday to remove her from office over corruption scandal. (Yonhap)
South Korean marines jump from a military hot-air balloon over the southeastern city of Pohang on March 3, 2017, as they take part in an airdrop drill. (Yonhap)
This photo, released by U.S. Forces Korea on March 7, 2017, shows parts of an advanced U.S. missile defense system being unloaded from a cargo plane at Osan Air Base, south of Seoul, the previous day. The deployment of the system, known as the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, began in South Korea, the U.S. Pacific Command said March 7. (Yonhap)
Cherry blossoms are in bloom in Busan, a southwestern port city, on March 3, 2017, signaling that spring is indeed just around the corner. The blossoms are about two to five days early this year in the southern parts of the country. Seoul is expected to see the cherry blossoms some time around April 6. (Yonhap)
Rep. Won Yoo-chul of South Korea’s ruling Liberty Korea Party stages a protest in front of the Seoul-based Chinese Embassy on March 4, 2017, against China’s economic retaliation over the country’s plan to install an advanced missile defense system. (Yonhap)
A street located on the southern resort island of Jeju remains silent on March 4, 2017, after China reportedly ordered local travel agencies to stop selling tour products for South Korea. China has been expressing strong hostility toward South Korea’s decision to allow the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system in the country. (Yonhap)
