S. Korea to join U.S.-led multinational anti-submarine exercise A group of South Korean soldiers poses for a photo during a ceremony to participate in the annual Sea Dragon exercise, a U.S.-led multinational anti-submarine exercise, at the Naval Air Command in Pohang, 262 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Jan. 16, 2024, in this photo provided by the Navy. The drill is set to begin later in the day in waters off Guam. (Yonhap)
Hwacheon ice fishing festival Visitors go ice fishing on a frozen river on the eighth day of the annual Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival in Hwacheon in Gangwon Province, about 90 kilometers northeast of Seoul, on Jan. 13, 2024, in this photo provided by Hwacheon county. The cumulative number of visitors surpassed 500,000 as of this day, according to the county. (Yonhap)
Yongsan Electronics Market to go into history A banner on a building’s demolition is hung at Yongsan Electronics Market in Seoul on Jan. 8, 2024. The market, a decadeslong symbol of South Korea’s electronics development, will be demolished to be reborn as a venue for AI- and ICT-based startups. (Yonhap)
N.K. leader inspects chicken farmNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L), alongside his daughter Ju-ae (C), speaks to Premier Kim Tok-hun (R) during a visit to the newly built Kwanchon Chicken Farm in Hwangju, North Hwanghae Province, western North Korea, on Jan. 7, 2024, in this undated photo released the next day by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency. (Yonhap)
Mass rally in Pyongyang A mass rally takes place at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Jan. 5, 2024, to emphasize the carrying out of the decisions made at the ninth plenary meeting of the eighth Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party, which took place from Dec. 26 to 30, in this image captured from the North’s official Korean Central Television on Jan. 6. (Yonhap)
Marines return to Yeonpyeong Island amid heightened tensions Marines arrive at a dock at Yeonpyeong Island, a South Korean northwestern border island near the maritime border with North Korea, on Jan. 6, 2024. Tensions remain high after North Korea fired a barrage of artillery shells from its western coast on Jan. 5-6. (Yonhap)
N.K. leader meets students on New Year’s Day North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) is pictured with a group of students as he visits Mangyongdae Schoolchildren’s Palace in Pyongyang on Jan. 1, 2024, to watch them stage a performance to celebrate New Year’s Day, in this photo released the next day by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency. (Yonhap)
Raid on office of suspect in attack on opposition leader Investigators from the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency seize materials during a raid on the office of a 67-year-old realty broker in Asan, 83 kilometers south of Seoul, on Jan. 3, 2024. The man stabbed the left side of the neck of Lee Jae-myung, head of the main opposition Democratic Party, during the latter’s visit to the construction site of an airport on Gadeok Island off Busan the previous day. (Yonhap)
Suspect attacking opposition leader A man (4th from L, blurred) is taken by police investigators from Gangseo Police Station to Busan Metropolitan Police Agency in Busan on Jan. 2, 2024. The man in his 60s stabbed the left side of the neck of Lee Jae-myung, head of the main opposition Democratic Party, during the latter’s visit to the construction site of an airport on Gadeok Island off Busan earlier in the day. (Yonhap)
