This photo, provided by the Marine Corps on July 6, 2016, shows South Korea’s K-1 tanks conducting a live-fire drill in Pohang on the southeast coast the previous day as part of a South Korea-U.S. joint marine infiltration and attack exercise, which kicked off on June 27 for an 18-day run with 800 South Korean and 500 U.S. marine forces participating. (Yonhap)
United States Forces Korea (USFK) commander Gen. Vincent Brooks (L) shakes hands with Maj. Gen. David Puster, the outgoing deputy commander of USFK’s Eighth Army, in a change of command ceremony held at the USFK headquarters in Yongsan, central Seoul, on July 7, 2016. Brig. Gen. Tammy Smith replaces Maj. Gen. Puster. (Yonhap)
Members of a local environmental group hold a street campaign in central Seoul on July 4, 2016, to discourage the use of plastic bags for carrying items purchased at stores. The event took place one day after International Plastic Bag Free Day dedicated to heightening awareness about the problem of plastic waste, which takes a long time to degrade and contributes to air, water and soil pollution. (Yonhap)
Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), South Korea’s second-largest umbrella labor union, hold a rally in front of the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul on July 4, 2016, calling for the release of its jailed leader. In a high-profile ruling the same day, the court sentenced KCTU leader Han Sang-gyun to five years in jail for leading last year’s violent rallies in downtown Seoul. (Yonhap)
Soldiers from the 35th Infantry Division help old farmers harvest onions at fields in Imsil, 300 kilometers south of Seoul, on June 28, 2016. Many rural areas in the country are suffering from severe labor shortages as youths there leave their hometowns to find jobs in cities. Imsil County provided this photo. (Yonhap)
A stream cutting through the central city of Cheongju overflows its banks on July 4, 2016, as the city was hit by downpours with the onslaught of the annual rainy season. Weathermen have posted a heavy rain warning for the region. (Yonhap)
Reed Hastings (L), CEO of Netflix, and the company’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos speak at a media event in Seoul on June 30, 2016. They said Netflix will provide more South Korean content, targeting the large following in China of K-dramas. The company has invested US$50 million in the new film “Okja” with South Korean director Bong Joon-ho, scheduled for release next year. (Yonhap)
This photo carried by the North’s ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun on June 29, 2016, shows top leader Kim Jong-un posing with the people who contributed to the June 22 missile launch that the country claims was successful. Experts say flight analysis of the intermediate-range ballistic missile Hwasong-10, known as Musudan in the outside world, suggests advancement in the North’s missile technology. (Yonhap)
Visiting South Korean Vice Defense Minister Hwang In-moo (L) and his Laotian counterpart, Onsi Sensuk, pose after signing a letter of intent on the dispatch of military attaches to each other’s country at their talks in Vientiane, Laos, on June 30, 2016. The defense ministry provided this photo. (Yonhap)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un receives an applause at a meeting of the country’s parliament, the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), in Pyongyang on June 29, 2016, in this photo captured from the North’s Korean Central TV. The SPA newly created the “commission on state affairs” and appointed Kim as its chairman, strengthening his one-man rule. (Yonhap)
