A group of citizens holds a regular Wednesday rally calling for the Japanese government to make an official apology for Japan’s past wrongdoings against women in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Oct. 12, 2016. Some 200,000 Asian women, mostly Koreans, were forced to provide sexual services to Japanese soldiers in front-line brothels during World War II. The victims are euphemistically called “comfort women.” (Yonhap)
Students of Seoul National University in Seoul occupy part of the university’s main building on Oct. 10, 2016, to demand a stop to building a new campus. The school administration is planning to start construction of a campus in Siheung, west of Seoul, later this year, but students say the decision was unilateral, without prior talks with students who will be most affected by it. (Yonhap)
Riot police confront unionized truckers at a port in Busan, 453 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Oct. 10, 2016, blocking them from marching onto the streets for a protest rally. The truckers are striking to protest government plans to deregulate the number of trucks. (Yonhap)
Visitors to Gwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul take pictures in front of the statue of King Sejong on Hangeul Day on Oct. 9, 2016. King Sejong created the Korean alphabet. (Yonhap)
Contenders for the 2016 Miss Global Peace Queen pose at a welcoming ceremony at a Seoul hotel on Oct. 6, 2016. The annual pageant, designed to promote peace on the Korean Peninsula, will select the Queen on Oct. 24 after evaluating the participants through various events from now until then, including meetings with South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Korean war veterans, and visits to the National Cemetery, Demilitarized Zone and the truce village of Panmunjom. This year’s theme is “Create World Peace.” (Photo courtesy of ERM Korea) (Yonhap)
Citizens look around food trucks with a variety of specialties and ethnic menus at the 2016 Food Truck Festival in Sejong, south of Seoul, on Oct. 7, 2016. The pop-up restaurants are increasingly gaining popularity in the country. (Yonhap)
A parade is held in central Seoul to celebrate National Foundation Day on Oct. 3, 2016. (Yonhap)
Placards are hung on street lamps in Myeongdong, downtown Seoul, on Sept. 30, 2016, to open the welcome week for foreigners on the eve of China’s weeklong National Day holiday. A variety of performances will be held in Myeondong and seven other tourist attractions in the capital during the week, when some 250,000 Chinese tourists are expected to visit South Korea. (Yonhap)
Lawmakers of the ruling Saenuri Party visit Rep. Lee Jung-hyun, the party head who has been carrying out a hunger strike, at the National Assembly headquarters in Seoul on Oct. 2, 2016. Lee has said he will end the strike after National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun resigns over backing the opposition bloc’s move to sack a Cabinet minister. (Yonhap)
Participants pay condolences to three soldiers, who were killed in a recent helicopter crash, at their funeral in Seongnam, south of Seoul, on Oct. 2, 2016. The crash occurred off the country’s east coast during joint drills with the United States on Sept. 26. (Yonhap)
