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The day after the one year anniversary of the Sewol ferry sinking, 4,475 people gathered in Seoul Plaza in front of City Hall, Apr. 17, for an event titled “The Saddest Challenge in the World”. They managed to successfully set the Guinness World Record for largest assembly of people holding a candlelight vigil. (Hankyoreh)
A soldier from the 2nd Infantry Division of U.S. Forces Korea fails to spike the ball with his foot during a foot volleyball match against a team of Korean soldiers at Camp Casey in the city of Dongducheon, north of Seoul, on April 17, 2015, as soldiers of the two countries hold an athletic event aimed at promoting the South Korea-U.S. friendship. The Korean sport of foot volleyball, known as “jokgu” in Korean, is similar to European football tennis and Malaysia’s Sepak Takraw and is basically a combination of soccer and volleyball. (Yonhap)
South Korean President Park Geun-hye (front) arrives at El Dorado airport in Bogota, Colombia, on April 16, 2015, on her first leg of her South America tour that will also take her to Peru, Chile and Brazil. (Yonhap)
A soldier from the 2nd Infantry Division of U.S. Forces Korea and a soldier from the 65th Division of the Korean Army compete in a “ssireum,” Korean wrestling, match at Camp Casey in the city of Dongducheon, north of Seoul, on April 17, 2015, as part of an athletic event aimed at promoting the South Korea-U.S. friendship. (Yonhap)
This photo, taken on April 10, 2015, shows a message that U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter wrote in the visitors’ book at the defense ministry in Seoul on the same day prior to his talks with South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo. The message reads, “Thank you to the Minister and all the members of the ROK forces for many decades of steadfast alliance. We have a bright future ahead.” (Yonhap)
A foreign runner is cheered by North Korean spectators during an annual marathon in Pyongyang on April 12, 2015, in this photo released by the North’s Korean Central News Agency. The marathon, which drew about 650 foreigners, was held as one of the events marking the 103rd birth anniversary of North Korea’s founder Kim Il-sung, which falls on April 15. (Yonhap)
Applicants walk out of an exam venue after taking the Samsung Aptitude Test (SSAT) on April 12, 2015, at Dankook University High School in Seoul. Samsung’s recruitment has become a seasonal phenomenon among recent university graduates in South Korea, as some 100,000 applicants try out every semester to be employed at the world’s top smartphone maker and its affiliates. (Yonhap)
Members of civic groups stage a rally in front of the defense ministry in Seoul on April 10, 2015, to voice their objection to the possible deployment of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea and the establishment of an integrated air and missile-defense system among the United States, South Korea and Japan to deter North Korea’s evolving security threats. (Yonhap)
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (2nd from R) and South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo (2nd from L) visit the Navy’s 2nd Fleet Command in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on April 10, 2015, to pay tribute to 46 South Korean sailors killed in the sinking of the country’s warship Cheonan in 2010 by North Korea. (Yonhap)
This provided photo, taken on April 1, 2015, shows a wild boar prowling on a street in the city of Dongducheon in Gyeonggi Province, north of Seoul. Incidents of wild boars being seen in the city, Uijeongbu and other adjacent cities have recently reported, causing residents to worry about their safety. (Yonhap)
