Illegal Thai stayers nabbed for drug trafficking This photo, provided by the Korea Coast Guard on Nov. 18, 2024, shows officers arresting four Thai overstayers in South Korea on charges of supplying drugs to foreign fishermen working along South Korea’s southwestern coast. The Coast Guard also arrested another 12 Thai individuals for drug use after purchasing the substances from them. (Yonhap)
On flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets Choi Seong-ryong (L), head of a group representing families of individuals abducted by North Korea, and Park Sang-hak, a North Korean defector and leader of Fighters for Free North Korea, outline their plan to launch balloons carrying anti-North Korea leaflets toward the North at the Sokcho Maritime Police Station in Sokcho, 213 kilometers east of Seoul, on Nov. 19, 2024. (Yonhap)
Yoon holds summit with Chinese president President Yoon Suk Yeol (3rd from L) holds a summit meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (3rd from R) at a hotel in Lima, Peru, on Nov. 15, 2024, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. (Yonhap)
Hyundai Motor appoints non-Korean as CEO This photo, provided by Hyundai Motor Co., shows Jose Munoz, the company’s global chief operating officer and president and CEO of its North American operations for Hyundai and its luxury Genesis brand. Munoz was appointed as Hyundai’s new CEO on Nov. 15, 2024. A native of Spain and a U.S. citizen, he is the first non-Korean to hold the position. (Yonhap)
N. Korea’s children’s food This photo, provided by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Nov. 13, 2024, shows a children’s food factory in Pyongyang. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
‘O,’ ‘X’ set from ‘Squid Game’ Season 2 This image, provided by Netflix, shows “O” and “X” marks, part of the set design for the upcoming “Squid Game” Season 2, unveiled on Nov. 11, 2024. (Yonhap)
Thai Korean War vet laid to rest in S. Korea A burial ceremony for Thai Korean War veteran Rod Asapanan, according to his will, takes place at the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in the southeastern city of Busan on Nov. 11, 2024, making him the first Thai Korean War veteran to be buried there. Thailand and 15 other nations fought for South Korea under the U.N. flag against invading North Korea during the 1950-53 conflict. (Yonhap)
Over 800-year-old gingko tree with autumn leaves Tourists look at a gingko tree over 800 years old, adorned with autumn leaves, in Bangye-ri, Wonju, 86 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Nov. 5, 2024. (Yonhap)
New landmark in border town A torch-shaped observation tower is dedicated in the border county of Cheorwon, about 75 kilometers northeast of Seoul, on Nov. 4, 2024, symbolizing the yearning for inter-Korean reunification. (Yonhap)
