Indoor marathon Participants in the “Speed Race 8.4” indoor marathon competition run on treadmills inside Jangchung Arena in Seoul on June 29, 2024. (Yonhap)
New attraction in Seoul A big gas balloon, dubbed the Seoul Moon, flies over the Han River on June 28, 2024. The balloon tour will be introduced in August. (Yonhap)
Paying respects to fallen Navy sailors South Korean Navy sailors who fought in the Second Battle of Yeonpyeong bow their heads to pay tribute to their fallen comrades during the ceremony for the 22nd anniversary of the inter-Korean naval skirmish held at the 2nd Fleet Command in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, on June 29, 2024. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
New nat’l symbol to be set up at Gwanghwamun Square This photo, provided by the Seoul city government on June 25, 2024, shows a rendering of a new installation symbolizing national patriotism and immortality, titled the “Undying Flame,” to be set up at Gwanghwamun Square in downtown Seoul. (Yonhap)
Yoon boards USS Theodore Roosevelt President Yoon Suk Yeol (C) poses for a photo on the deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt at the South Korean naval base in the southeastern city of Busan on June 25, 2024, in this photo provided by the presidential office. The carrier entered the base three days earlier to participate in the first trilateral multidomain military exercise, Freedom Edge, involving South Korea, the United States and Japan. (Yonhap)
New commander of U.S. 2nd Infantry Division in S. Korea Maj. Gen. Charles Lombardo salutes during his inaugural ceremony as the commander of the 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, 65 kilometers south of Seoul, on June 21, 2024. (Yonhap)
Tanks, howitzers, rocket launchers at drill South Korean-made K1E1 tanks, K9 howitzers and Chunmoo multiple rocket launchers are on standby for an integrated field maneuver at the training field of the Army’s 17th Division in Incheon, 27 kilometers west of Seoul, on June 21, 2024. (Yonhap)
USS Theodore Roosevelt arrives at Busan port The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt arrives at a naval base in the southeastern port city of Busan on June 22, 2024, in this photo provided by the Navy. (Yonhap)
Boeing P-8A Poseidon delivered to S. Korean Navy A welcoming ceremony for a Boeing P-8A Poseidon, known as the “submarine killer,” takes place at the Naval Air Command in Pohang, 262 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on June 19, 2024. The maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft is one of six that the U.S. aerospace company will supply to the South Korean Navy. (Yonhap)
N. Korea welcomes Putin This photo, captured from North Korea’s Central TV, shows the giant electronic board of the Ryukyong Hotel in Pyongyang displaying “Welcome Putin” in Korean. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the North Korean capital for a state visit in the wee hours of June 19, 2024. (Yonhap)
