N. Korea holds 1st int’l marathon in 6 years Runners, including those from abroad, take part in an international marathon in Pyongyang on April 6, 2025, in this photo released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency the next day. It marked the North’s first international marathon in about six years after a hiatus due to COVID-19. (Yonhap)
Back to normal People enjoy the first weekend after the Constitutional Court ousted former President Yoon Seok Yeol in Gwanghwamun Square in downtown Seoul on April 6, 2025. (Yonhap)
Jeju Island in spring This photo, taken April 6, 2025, shows canola flowers and cherry trees in full bloom on South Korea’s southern island of Jeju. (Yonhap)
Endangered animal An otter searches for food at Yongbongje Reservoir in the southwestern city of Gwangju on April 1, 2025, in this provided photo. The otter, an endangered animal, is designated as the country’s Natural Monument No. 330. (Yonhap)
Acting president tours JSA Acting President Han Duck-soo (L), who concurrently serves as prime minister, meets with soldiers of the South Korean and U.S. armies on the South Korean side of the Joint Security Area, a small strip of land at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, on April 1, 2025. (Yonhap)
Aftermath of wildfire Burnt-out houses are seen in a destroyed village in Cheongsong, North Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea, on March 31, 2025, after a massive wildfire hit the region. (Yonhap)
Wildfire in southeastern region This photo, taken March 29, 2025, shows a scorched mountain in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea, after a wildfire ravaged the region. (Yonhap)
Ex-minister’s daughter attends 1st hearing of appellate trial Cho Min, daughter of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk, appears at the Seoul Central District Court in the capital on March 26, 2025, to attend the first hearing of her appellate trial over her alleged college admission fraud. She was ordered by a lower court to pay a fine of 10 million won (US$7,510). (Yonhap)
20-meter-wide sinkhole at intersection in Seoul This photo, taken March 24, 2025, shows a 20-meter-wide sinkhole at an intersection in Seoul’s Gangdong Ward after it opened and swallowed a motorcyclist. (Yonhap)
Acting President Han back to work Acting President Han Duck-soo, who also serves as prime minister, attends a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters at the government complex in Seoul on March 24, 2025, about measures to deal with wildfires in the country’s southeastern region. The meeting followed the Constitutional Court’s dismissal of his impeachment that reinstated him as acting president in the ongoing turmoil over suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief imposition of martial law. (Yonhap)
