Lee Jung-hyun, head of South Korea’s ruling Saenuri Party, looks at various weapons used by Chinese fishermen against the South Korean coast guard’s crackdowns on their illegal fishing inside the South Korean waters during a visit to the Coast Guard in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Oct. 21, 2016. (Yonhap)
Wrapped squids are displayed at an outlet in Seoul on Oct. 21, 2016. The squid producer price posted 40,000 won (US$35.21) per 8-kilogram box as of Oct. 21, up 30 percent on-year, due to a sharp drop in catch despite the squid season. Chinese fishermen’s overfishing in the East Sea is the cause of the drop, fisherman said. (Yonhap)
A Chinese boat carrying the North Korean flag enters the dock of the Korean Coast Guard in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Oct. 18, 2016. The boat was seized by the coast guard the previous day, while catching fish illegally after crossing a western inter-Korean maritime border into the South Korean side. Cash-strapped North Korea has reportedly sold the rights to its western territorial waters to Chinese fishermen. Chinese illegal fishing is a chronic headache to South Korea. (Yonhap)
This photo taken on Oct. 17, 2016, shows the rooftop garden of the Sejong Government Complex in Sejong, south of Seoul, that went on the Guinness World Records as the world’s biggest among its peers. The garden sits atop bridge-connected structures, measuring 3.6 kilometers in length and 79,194 square meters in space. (Yonhap)
North Korean school children are told about the importance of washing their hands on Oct. 17, 2016, as the country marked Global Handwashing Day in this photo from the North’s Korean Central News Agency. (Yonhap)
South Korean President Park Geun-hye delivers an opening speech at the Global Saemaul Leadership Forum in Pyeongchang, 180 kilometers east of Seoul, on Oct. 18, 2016. The Saemaul Movement, started by incumbent President Park Geun-hye’s father, late President Park Chung-hee, in the 1970s, aimed at national development and has since been shared with other countries as a development model. (Yonhap)
North Korea’s State Merited Chorus performs in Pyongyang in a celebration of the 71st founding anniversary of the country’s ruling Workers’ Party of Korea in this photo released by the North’s Korean Central News Agency on Oct. 12, 2016. (Yonhap)
South Korea’s Pak Se-ri, who has won 25 victories and five major championships during nearly two decades on the LPGA Tour, smiles during the first round of the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship at Sky 72 Golf & Resort’s Ocean Course, next to Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on Oct. 13, 2016. The first round was the last round in Pak’s golf career as the LPGA Hall of Famer retired afterwards. (Photo courtesy of LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship) (Yonhap)
Merchants at the Taewha traditional market in UIsan, 414 kilometers southeast of Seoul, clap for soldiers on Oct. 12, 2016, in a gesture to express thanks for their efforts to help them restore their market that was severely damaged by the powerful Typhoon Chaba early in the month. (photo courtesy of army) (Yonhap)
The Incheon Coast Guard conducts a firing drill against violent Chinese fishermen and boats catching fish illegally in the South Korean waters off Incheon, west of Seoul, on Oct. 13, 2016. Six patrol boats joined the drill, which followed the government’s recent decision to use force and firearms against violence by illegal Chinese fishermen. The stern measure came about after a Coast Guard speedboat was sunken by a Chinese boat which rear-ended it in defiance of a crackdown on illegal fishing inside the South Korean waters on Oct. 7. (Photo courtesy of Coast Guard) (Yonhap)
