The Dongchun Circus performs in downtown Seoul on June 26, 2016, as part of the culture show “I.Carnival. You.” The circus troupe, with a 91-year history, is the only remaining one in the country. (Yonhap)
Kim Phil-soo, new territorial commander of the Salvation Army Korea, poses prior to an interview with Yonhap News Agency at his office in Seoul on June 24, 2016. (Yonhap)
A group of joyful U.S. Korean War veterans and their family members dressed in “hanbok” (traditional Korean costume) pose at a Seoul hotel on June 24, 2016. They were invited by the government in honor of their sacrifices. America and 15 other countries fought for South Korea against invading North Korea during the 1950-53 war. (Yonhap)
The 69-year-old Park Bok-dal strokes her father Park Jeong-soo’s tombstone at the National Cemetery in Seoul on June 24, 2016, one day before the 66th anniversary of the three-year Korean War. North Korea invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950. (Yonhap)
A South Korean expedition, led by climber Ko Sang-don, pose after scaling the 6,190-meter-high summit of Denali, the highest mountain peak in North America, on June 18, 2016. Sponsor Kolping Co. provided this photo. (Yonhap)
South Korean girl group Stellar poses in swimsuits at a water park in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province, on June 17, 2016. (Yonhap)
A record shop in Istanbul, run by South Korean owner Lee Seok-woo, remains shuttered on June 20, 2016, after it was attacked on June 17 by an unidentified group of people. They stormed into the shop during a small gathering of music fans and attacked them for drinking alcohol during Ramadan, according to investigators. Lee said he won’t kneel to foolishness and has no intention to close down his business. (Yonhap)
The crew members of South Korea’s Aegis-equipped destroyer, the King Sejong the Great, pose aboard the decommissioned USS Missouri in Hawaii on June 17, 2016. The battleship participated in World War II and the Korean War (1950-53). The South Korean Navy dispatched the destroyer to join the U.S.-led multilateral maritime warfare exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) set to be held from June 30 to Aug. 4. (Yonhap)
Children play with water guns at the “Summer Splash” festival arranged by Everland, South Korea’s No. 1 amusement park, in Yongin, south of Seoul, on June 19, 2016. [Yonhap]
Hong Myong-ki, head of an organization honoring Korean freedom fighter Ahn Chang-ho, talks about “Pachapa Camp,” the first Koreatown in the United States, at a meeting of the cultural committee of Riverside City, California, on June 15, 2016. The panel later agreed on the designation of the camp as a historic site. Ahn, who came to America in 1902, set up the camp in the city in 1904, when many Koreans worked at orange farms in the region. Hong said the camp was virtually a base for a movement for Korea’s liberation from the Japanese colonial rule (1910-1945). The City Council will make a final decision on the designation on Aug. 28. (Yonhap)
