President Park Geun-hye (C) offers a silent prayer in front of a monument to fallen soldiers killed in North Korea’s 2010 shelling attack on the border island of Yeonpyeong, at a national cemetery in the central city of Daejeon on March 25, 2016, before attending a ceremony to commemorate South Korean soldiers killed in three major clashes with North Korea in the Yellow Sea. The government has designated the fourth Friday of March as the commemoration day for fallen soldiers in those clashes, including the North’s torpedoing of the South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan in 2010, which killed 46 sailors. (Yonhap)
Toting publicity balloons and pamphlets, new female flight attendants of Jeju Air Inc., South Korea’s top budget carrier, walk down the sidewalk in western Seoul on March 24, 2016, to publicize the carrier’s launch of a route between Incheon and Taipei in May to meet rising demand for air travel to the neighboring country. (Yonhap)
Fashion designer Victoria Beckham (C), better known as a former Spice Girls member and wife of retired footballer David Beckham, unveils a new clothing line exclusively designed for Asian customers during a press conference at a Seoul hotel on March 21, 2016, in this photo released by the Munich-based mytheresa.com online shop. (Yonhap)
A U.S. Army Stryker armored personnel carrier (L) and a South Korean Army K-200 armored vehicle mobilize as soldiers of the two allies take part in a street combat drill at the Rodriguez complex in the city of Pocheon, northeast of Seoul, on March 15, 2016. (Yonhap) (END)
A model introduces the Peugeot 308 GT, a high-performance hatchback manufactured by French automaker Peugeot, during a publicity event in Seoul on Feb. 22, 2016, organized by Hanbul Motors Corp., the local importer and distributor of the French automaker. (Yonhap)
This photo from the North Korean daily Rodong Sinmun on March 4, 2016, shows a test fire of the country’s new multiple rocket launcher. The photo is believed to be from March 3, when the country fired six short-range projectiles toward the East Sea, apparently in a show of force against U.N. sanctions adopted a day earlier against it. The North’s top leader Kim ordered that the weapon be deployed in operation areas “so as not to allow the enemies to sleep in peace” and the nuclear warheads put on standby “so as to be fired any moment.” (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
A protester holds up a banner with a message calling for legalizing same sex marriage during a rally organized by the Green Party Korea to reveal the party’s pledges ahead of the April general elections in Seoul on March 4, 2016. The party currently has no seats in parliament. (Yonhap)
President Park Geun-hye (front) waves to newly commissioned officers during a joint officer commissioning ceremony for South Korea’s army, air force and naval academies at Gyeryongdae, South Korea’s main military compound, in the city of Gyeryong, central South Korea, on March 4, 2016. (Yonhap)
Family members of the 46 South Korean sailors killed in a North Korean torpedo attack in March 2010 offer a silent tribute at the National Cemetery in Daejeon, central South Korea, on March 5, 2016. (Yonhap)
Fire Control men fire a MK15 Close-in Weapons System, or CIWS, during a Pre-action Aim Calibration Fire. Bonhomme Richard is the lead ship of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and is slated to participate in amphibious integration training and a certification exercise with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. [PACOM Flickr page]
