A section of Haeundae Beach on the southeastern port city of Busan bears the marks of being submerged on Nov. 16, 2016, apparently affected by an unusually high tide stemming from the pull of the recent supermoon, which happens when a full moon or new moon coincides with the moon’s closest approach to Earth. (Yonhap)
Activists hold a rally in front of the government complex in Seoul on Nov. 17, 2016, to call on the government to stop its push for a formal agreement with Japan on the sharing of military intelligence on North Korea. The two neighbors inked a provisional deal in Tokyo on Nov. 14, despite strong public objection in South Korea. (Yonhap)
Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn inspects a barbed wire fence at a military unit in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Yanggu, about 175 kilometers northeast of Seoul, on Nov. 16, 2016. The DMZ has separated the two Koreas since the end of the three-year Korean War in 1953. His visit comes amid a snowballing political scandal involving a longtime confidante of President Park Geun-hye. (Yonhap)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) smiles during his inspection of an artillery unit of the Korean People’s Army on Mahap Islet near the western sea border with South Korea, in this photo released by the Rodong Sinmun, the North’s ruling party organ, on Nov. 11, 2016. The paper didn’t say when he visited the unit. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
Facing the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in Busan that honors U.N. troops killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, crew members of the South Korean Navy’s destroyer Wanggeon observe a minute of silence at a naval base in the port city on Nov. 11, 2016, in this photo provided by the Republic of Korea Fleet Command. Organized by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, the Turn Toward Busan ceremony was simultaneously held in 21 other countries that fought for the South Korean side against invading North Korea under the U.N. flag in the three-year conflict. (Yonhap)
Artistic director Cha Eun-taek, a key suspect in the influence-peddling scandal involving a close friend of President Park Geun-hye, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court on Nov. 11, 2016, to attend a hearing to review the legality of his detention. Prosecutors have sought an arrest warrant for Cha over suspicions that he and Park’s confidante Choi Soon-sil meddled in state affairs and gained financially using Choi’s ties with the president. (Yonhap)
Climbers take pictures on the summit of Mount Deokyu in Muju, some 240 kilometers south of Seoul, on Nov. 11, 2016, as the season’s first snow fell on the 1,614-meter mountain, in this photo provided by the office of Mount Deokyu National Park. The first snow with a precipitation of 3 centimeters was 15 days earlier than usual. (Yonhap)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (background, 2nd from L) watches a tile-breaking training session during a visit to a special operation battalion under the Unit 525 of the Korean People’s Army, in this photo released by the North’s Korean Central TV Broadcasting Station on Nov. 4, 2016. As is customary, the station didn’t mention the timing of his visit or the unit’s location. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
A statue of a girl symbolizing former Korean sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II wears winter clothes, a scarf and a wooly hat in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Nov. 7, 2016, or “ipdong,” one of the 24 seasonal divisions under the lunar calendar that marks the onset of winter. (Yonhap)
Gen. Lee Sun-jin (C), chairman of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), walks with other military leaders on the Namhan River in Yeoju, about 100 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Nov. 7, 2016, as the Army’s 30th Mechanized Infantry Division conducts a field maneuver to enhance its combat preparedness against possible North Korean attacks, in this photo released by the JCS. (Yonhap)
