New Army chief inaugurated New Army Chief of Staff Gen. Park An-su speaks during the change-of-command ceremony at Gyeryongdae, South Korea’s main military compound, in the city of Gyeryong, central South Korea, on Oct. 31, 2023. (Yonhap)
Hydrogen-powered garbage truck Park Il-ha (4th from R), chief of Seoul’s Dongjak Ward office, and other participants take part in a ceremony at the office in the capital on Oct. 31, 2023, to unveil what is claimed to be the world’s first garbage truck powered by liquid hydrogen. (Yonhap)
S. Korea-U.S. explosive clearance drillSouth Korean and American explosive hazards clearance teams (EHCTs) conduct a joint drill at a station in Icheon, 58 km southeast of Seoul, on Oct. 26, 2023. (Yonhap)
Interior minister pays respects to crowd crush victims Interior Minister Lee Sang-min lays flowers to pay his respects to the victims of the Oct. 29, 2022, crowd crush in the Itaewon district of Seoul on Oct. 28, 2023. (Yonhap)
Yoon heads home after Middle East trip South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (R), accompanied by his wife, Kim Keon Hee, waves before boarding a flight back home from Hamad International Airport in Doha on Oct. 25, 2023, after finishing a two-nation state visit that took him to Saudi Arabia and Qatar. (Yonhap)
Sinkhole formed in Seoul This provided photo shows a 4-meter-deep sinkhole on a traffic island in front of a crosswalk near a shopping mall in Seoul’s Yeongdeungpo Ward on Oct. 25, 2023. A male passerby in his 30s sustained an abrasion on his leg due to the incident. (Yonhap)
Defense chief visits border island In this photo released by the defense ministry on Oct. 23, 2023, South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-sik (L) visits a Marine unit on the western inter-Korean border island of Yeonpyeong the same day. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
1st snowfall in Gangwon Snow falls on a farm in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, on Oct. 21, 2023. Gangwon meteorological officials said other areas of the eastern province also had their first snowfall of 2023 on this day. (Yonhap)
Yoon arrives in Saudi Arabia South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (3rd from L) and first lady Kim Keon Hee (4th from L) arrive at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 21, 2023 (local time). (Yonhap)
B-52 strategic bomber in S. Korea A U.S. B-52H strategic bomber lands at Cheongju Airport, 140 kilometers south of Seoul, on Oct. 17, 2023. The bomber took part in the Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition (ADEX) 2023 earlier in the day on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the South Korea-U.S. alliance. (Yonhap)
