N. Korean garbage balloon at gov’t complex South Korean soldiers retrieve the remnants of a garbage-carrying balloon sent by North Korea at the parking lot of the government complex in Seoul on Sept. 20, 2024. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
Chuseok reception at White House Participants perform a traditional Korean fan dance at the first-ever White House reception for Chuseok, the Korean autumn harvest celebration, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on Sept. 17, 2024. (Yonhap)
Empty streets Streets in Seoul’s central Jung Ward appear nearly empty on Sept. 15, 2024, the second day of the extended Chuseok holiday. (Yonhap) (END)
N. Korea’s No. 2 man meets group of Korean residents in Japan Choe Ryong-hae (R) welcomes Ko To-u, who leads a delegation of Chongryon, a Tokyo-based pro-Pyongyang association of Korean residents in Japan, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang on Sept. 12, 2024, in this photo provided by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency. They visited the North to give their congratulations on the 76th anniversary of the establishment of the North Korean regime on Sept. 9. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
Going back to hometowns This aerial photo shows traffic clogging the lanes of the Seoul-Busan Expressway in Yongin, 42 kilometers south of Seoul, on Sept. 13, 2024, four days before the Chuseok holiday — a time for family reunions. (Yonhap)
Protest against rice imports Farmers destroy their rice fields ahead of the harvest in Anseong, 77 kilometers south of Seoul, on Sept. 12, 2024, in protest against rice imports and to demand that the government guarantee rice prices. (Yonhap)
Military parade marking Incheon Landing Operation A military parade takes place on a street in Incheon, 27 kilometers west of Seoul, on Sept. 11, 2024, on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the Incheon Landing Operation, commanded by U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, which turned the tide of the war against the invading North Korea. (Yonhap)
N. Korea marks its founding anniversary A meeting and an evening gala take place at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Sept. 8, 2024, one day ahead of North Korea’s 76th birthday, in this photo provided by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency. (Yonhap)
