This combined image, provided by North Korea’s ruling party organ Rodong Sinmun on Nov. 28, 2016, shows its leader Kim Jong-un and other senior officials paying tribute to the statue of his later father Kim Jong-il during a visit to Samjiyon County at the southeastern foot of the 2,750-meter-high Mount Paektu, the highest peak on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea publicizes the county as the birthplace of the late leader. (Yonhap)
Reporters gather in front of the house of former presidential chief of staff Kim Ki-choon in Seoul on Nov. 28, 2016, as a passenger car comes out of it. The lawyer of Cha Eun-taek, an arrested associate of President Park Geun-hye’s indicted confidante Choi Soon-sil in an influence-peddling scandal, said the previous day Cha had met with Kim at his office in 2014 through an arrangement by Choi. The testimony by Kim Jong-min, Cha’s attorney, fueled suspicion about Kim’s involvement in the scandal. (Yonhap)
North Korean officials pay tribute to the bier of Ryu Mi-yong, former member of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea and chairwoman of the Central Committee of the Chondoist Chongu Party, in Pyongyang on Nov. 24, 2016, in this photo released by the (North) Korean Central News Agency. Ryu died of lung cancer at the age of 95 the previous day, the agency said. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
Protesters hold a candlelight rally at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on Nov. 26, 2016, to call for President Park Geun-hye’s resignation. Park has been under pressure to step down over a nation-rocking political scandal involving her and her longtime confidante Choi Soon-sil. (Yonhap)
This photo, provided by Korea Food for the Hungry International (KFHI), shows South Korean actress Park Shin-hye holding a plaque certifying her membership to the Philanthropy Club, runned by KFHI, on Nov. 23, 2016. (Yonhap)
A road is blocked near a subway station in Seoul’s Songpa Ward on Nov. 22, 2016, after a water pipe ruptured in the area around 1:45 p.m. the same day where construction was underway. (Yonhap)
A statue depicting a member of the Hwarang, scions of noble families during the ancient Silla Dynasty (57 B.C. to A.D. 668), is unveiled in Seoul’s Nowon Ward on Nov. 22, 2016, in this photo released by the Nowon Ward office. The Hwarang Riding A Horse statue is located near the Korea Military Academy in the ward. (Yonhap)
Prosecution investigators carry boxes containing confiscated items out of the main building of Ewha Womans University in Seoul on Nov. 22, 2016, after prosecutors raided the school amid allegations that the university gave unlawful favors to the daughter of President Park Geun-hye’s close friend who is at the center of an influence-peddling scandal. (Yonhap)
Choo Mi-ae, chief of the main opposition Democratic Party, shouts slogans as she leads a ceremony in Seoul on Nov. 18, 2016, to launch a party-wide body to popularize a movement in the general public to oust President Park Geun-hye over a seething political scandal involving Park and her longtime confidante Choi Soon-sil. (Yonhap)
People opposing the resignation of President Park Geun-hye march toward Namdaemun Gate, an iconic landmark from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) and South Korea’s National Treasure No. 1, in Seoul on Nov. 19, 2016. Park has been under pressure to step down over a nation-rocking political scandal involving her and her longtime confidante Choi Soon-sil. (Yonhap)
