Lim Sung-eun, a member of South Korean idol group Young Turks Club that debuted in the 1990s, poses during an interview with Yonhap News Agency in Seoul on Feb. 6, 2015. (Yonhap)
Lim Sung-eun, a member of South Korean idol group Young Turks Club that debuted in the 1990s, poses during an interview with Yonhap News Agency in Seoul on Feb. 6, 2015. (Yonhap)
Residents of Guryong Village, the last shantytown in Gangnam, Seoul’s wealthiest district, clash with riot police on Feb. 6, 2015, as municipal officials and contractor workers attempt to demolish the village’s community center as part of the area’s redevelopment project. (Yonhap)
South Korean actress Kang Han-na, who stars in the new movie “Empire of Lust,” poses during a publicity event in Seoul on Feb. 3, 2015. The movie will be released in South Korea in March. (Yonhap)
Bereaved families of the Sewol ferry victims march on the streets of Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, on Feb. 4, 2015. They are in the midst of a nationwide march in demand of the safe salvage of the sunken ferry in the sea off Jindo Island, South Jeolla Province. (Yonhap)
An underground water pipe measuring 1,000 milimeters in diameter bursts in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, on Jan. 31, 2015, flooding the area for hours. (Yonhap)
The construction of a military residential complex resumes near the site of a new naval base on Jeju Island on Feb. 2, 2015. (Yonhap)
South Korean citizens look at North Korean artists’ paintings during an exhibition at Kintex in Goyang, north of Seoul, on Jan. 29, 2015. (Yonhap)

A farming couple harvest tomatoes at their greenhouse on the outskirts of Busan on Jan. 26, 2015. (Yonhap)
The popular tourist district of Haeundae in Busan proposes on Jan. 25, 2015 that it will install umbrellas overarching the streets near its namesake beach this coming summer. The picture shows the end-product envisioned by the district officials. (Photo courtesy of Haeundae District)