South Korea’s oldest jujube tree, shown in this photo provided by Boeun County of North Chungcheong Province, has found a new home in the county on June 15, 2016. The county purchased the tree from Namyangju, a city just north of Seoul, hoping to reclaim the county’s fame as the producer of top quality jujubes that in the past were served to kings. The county has lost most of its aged jujube trees to plant diseases. (Yonhap)
A policeman has a driver breathe into Breathalyzer in a street in downtown Seoul during the day on June 14, 2016. The random crackdown on drunk drivers was conducted across the nation on that day as the number of victims of drunken driving has increasingly risen as of late. (Yonhap)
People have fun at Haeundae Beach in Busan on Sunday. [Chosun Ilbo]
South Korea’s national team wrestlers work out rigorously at the Taeneung National Training Center in Seoul on June 10, 2016, for the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August. Chung Mong-gyu, chief of the South Korean Olympic delegation, visited the center on the same day with 57 days before the Games begin. (Yonhap)
A hologram concert of late singer Kim Kwang-seok is held in Daegu, the singer’s hometown in southeast South Korea, on June 10, 2016. Kim gained a large following after debuting in 1984 for his philosophical songs, but ended his life in suicide at the age of 32. (Yonhap)
Members of the North’s Korean Children’s Union (KCU) enjoy free time at a water park in Pyongyang in this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency, the country’s state media, on June 8, 2016. The report said the young children took a tour of the capital city as they celebrated the 70th founding anniversary of the KCU. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
In this photo provided by the Yangyang county government, farmer Kim Kwang-seop sprays agricultural pesticides by using a drone on his paddies in the eastern county on June 8, 2015. Kim said he has completed the work in just five minutes with the drone, compared with more than 20 minutes with manual labor. The utilization of drones is on a gradual increase in the country’s agricultural sector. (Yonhap)
Members of a special maritime unit train ahead of their deployment at the western border island of Yeonpyeong on June 8, 2016, to fend off Chinese boats fishing illegally in South Korean waters. The unit has been bolstered in size to deal with the growing problem of Chinese fishing boats encroaching into South Korea’s waters. A Seoul official said the government on the same day protested to Beijing about the violations. (Photo provided by the Incheon branch of the Korea Coast Guard) (Yonhap)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits the remodeled Mangyongdae Children’s Camp in Pyongyang in a photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
The Busan International Motor Show bustles with visitors as it opens to the public in the South Korean port city on June 3, 2016. The auto show, held until June 12, features 232 car models from 25 local and foreign carmakers. (Yonhap)
