Props from ‘Squid Game’ at Gwanghwamun Square Props from Netflix’s megahit series “Squid Game” Season 1 are installed at Gwanghwamun Square in downtown Seoul on Dec. 16, 2024. The display comes ahead of the highly anticipated release of “Squid Game” Season 2, scheduled for Dec. 26. (Yonhap)
Police chief under arrest review Cho Ji-ho (C), commissioner-general of the Korean National Police Agency, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on Dec. 13, 2024, for a court review of his arrest in connection with the botched martial law. (Yonhap)
Top court upholds lower court’s 2-year prison sentence for Cho Kuk Members from conservative civic organizations react in front of the Supreme Court in Seoul on Dec. 12, 2024, as the top court finalized a two-year prison term for the conviction of Cho Kuk, head of the minor opposition Rebuilding Korea Party, on charges of academic fraud involving his children and unlawful interference in a government inspection during his time as a presidential aide. (Yonhap)
Fog-shrouded lake The Soyang Lake in Inje, 118 kilometers northeast of Seoul, is shrouded in mist on Dec. 10, 2024, in this photo provided by the county office. (Yonhap)
Winter swim People swim in the sea at Haeundae Beach in South Korea’s southeastern city of Busan on Dec. 8, 2024, as a winter festival is under way. (Yonhap)
Umbrella union calls for ruling party’s breakup Members of the progressive Korean Confederation of Trade Unions tear papers bearing the names of lawmakers from the ruling People Power Party during a news conference in front of the PPP headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 9, 2024. They demanded the party’s dissolution, holding it accountable for boycotting a parliamentary vote on an impeachment bill against President Yoon Suk Yeol. (Yonhap)
Army chief of staff at parliament Army Chief of Staff Gen. Park An-su, appointed as martial law commander on the night of Dec. 3, 2024, immediately after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, answers lawmakers’ questions during an emergency session of the defense committee at the National Assembly in Seoul on Dec. 5. (Yonhap)
Incheon Int’l Airport completes 4th phase of expansion project A ceremony marking the completion of Incheon International Airport’s fourth stage of its expansion project is held at the airport’s Terminal 2 on Nov. 29, 2024. (Yonhap)
S. Korea completes homegrown L-SAM defense system development Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun (2nd from R) looks at a model of the homegrown Long-range Surface-to-Air Missile system at its development completion ceremony at the Agency for Defense Development in Daejeon, about 140 kilometers southeast of Seoul, in this photo provided by the defense ministry. (Yonhap)
Car-train collision in Seoul A sedan remains crashed into the front of a subway train near Geumcheon-gu Office Station on Line 1 on Dec. 1, 2024, in this photo provided by a reader. The car broke through the dividing wall into the track at 6:46 a.m. No casualties were reported as the two passengers in the car evacuated before the collision. (Yonhap)
