Cooling down on river in Pyongyang North Korean people cool themselves down amid the summer heat on a round-shaped pleasure boat on the Taedong River in Pyongyang, in this undated photo taken from the website of the Chosun Sinbo, a Tokyo-based pro-Pyongyang newspaper, on July 7, 2025. (Yonhap)
Aquathlon event in Seoul Athletes swim on Lake Seokchon in Seoul’s Songpa Ward on July 6, 2025, as part of an aquathlon event consisting of a 1.5-kilometer swimming portion in the lake and scaling the 123-story Lotte World Tower that has 500-meter 2,917 stairs from the ground floor to the observatory on the top floor of the country’s tallest building. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
Swimming at beach in N. Korea’s Wonsan-Kalma tourist area North Korean people play on a beach at the Wonsan-Kalma tourist area on the North’s east coast on July 1, 2025, as the newly built resort area known for its beautiful seaside scenery opens the same day, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. (Yonhap)
Flyboarding in Seoul An athlete rides a flyboard, from which a stream of water is thrown out under strong pressure, on the Han River in Seoul on July 2, 2025. (Yonhap)
N. Korean soldiers deployed to Moscow’s war against Kyiv North Korean soldiers deployed to Moscow’s war against Kyiv are shown in the background footage during a joint cultural event co-hosted by North Korea and Russia in Pyongyang on June 29, 2025, in this photo taken from the North’s official Korean Central Television the next day. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
Seoul subway base fare to rise by 150 won from June 28Passengers walk past turnstiles at a subway station in Seoul on June 27, 2025, one day before the base fare for subway rides in the Seoul metropolitan area will increase by 150 won (US$0.10) to 1,550 won for card users and 1,650 won for those buying tickets in cash. (Yonhap)
S. Korea’s only remaining coal mine set to be closed A group of miners riding a mine car enters a mine tunnel at the Dogye Coal Mine in Samcheok, Gangwon Province, northeastern South Korea, on June 27, 2025. The country’s only remaining mine maintaining operations under the state-run Korea Coal Co. will be closed July 1, 88 years after it opened, as coal output has declined with the nation shifting toward greener energy sources. (Yonhap)
Anti-U.S. rally Members of progressive civic groups stage a rally near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on June 23, 2025, to condemn the U.S. strikes on Iran’s key nuclear sites over the weekend. (Yonhap)
S. Korea marks 75th anniv. of Korean War outbreak A mourner places a flower in front of an allied soldier’s grave at the U.N. Memorial Park in the southeastern port city of Busan on June 25, 2025, during a memorial ceremony to pay tribute to fallen allied soldiers as part of events to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War. The memorial park is for soldiers from the United States and 15 other nations who were killed in action while fighting for South Korea against invading North Korea under the U.N. flag during the three-year conflict. (Yonhap)
