Foreigners join a traditional Korean wrestling competition, or ssireum, at an event in Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, on Nov. 14, 2014. (Yonhap)
Foreigners join a traditional Korean wrestling competition, or ssireum, at an event in Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, on Nov. 14, 2014. (Yonhap)
Then South Korean President Park Chung-hee (C) arrives in Canberra in 1968. At Park Chung-hee’s right is incumbent South Korean President Park Geun-hye. The junior Park accompanied her father to Australia at that time as a high school sophomore. (Photo courtesy of the National Archives of Korea)
Singer IU salutes at an event in Seoul on Nov. 6, 2014, to promote her to an honorary police corporal. (Yonhap)
Foreign students attend an International Day event at the main plaza of Aju University in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, on Nov. 6, 2014. (Yonhap)
Actor Lee Jong-suk (R) attends an event in Seoul on Nov. 6, 2014, to promote the new SBS drama “Pinocchio,” the story of broadcast reporters chasing the truth. At left is actress Park Shin-hye. (Yonhap)
Actor Ahn Yong-jun (L) attends an event in Seoul on Nov. 7, 2014, to promote the new KBSN drama “SOS Please Help Me.” At right is actress Kim Bora. (Yonhap)
Displayed at a booth at “Internet of Things Fair 2014 ” in Seoul on Nov. 5, 2014, is a drone capable of transmitting real-time pictures through a long-term evolution (LTE) network. (Yonhap)
Members of the girl group “Rainbow” pose at an event in Sogwipo, Jeju Island, on Nov. 2, 2014, to promote a tangerine fair on the southern resort island. (Yonhap)
Shown is a picture of the main street in front of the Gwanghwamun, the main gate of the royal Gyeongbok Palace, in Seoul taken in 1900. The picture is displayed at a photo exhibition at the Seoul Museum of History. (Yonhap)
Dutch King Willem-Alexander (C) tours Gyeongbok Palace, the main royal palace during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), in downtown Seoul on Nov. 4, 2014. His wife, Queen Maxima, is at his left. (Yonhap)