PM visits site of World Scout Jamboree South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo (in white shirt) poses for a photo with attendees of the 25th World Scout Jamboree during a visit to a campsite in the Saemangeum reclamation area in Buan, North Jeolla Province, on South Korea’s west coast, on Aug. 4, 2023. (Yonhap)
Reenactment of ship carrying Korean delegation to Japan A replica ship of Joseon Tongsinsa, a diplomatic delegation sent by the 1392-1910 Joseon Dynasty of Korea to Japan, docks at Izhara port in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan on Aug. 2, 2023, in a reenactment of the delegation’s trip to the neighboring country after departing a port in South Korea’s southeastern city of Busan the previous day, in this photo released by the National Research Institute of Maritime Cultural Heritage. The dispatch of the Korean envoys began in 1607 for political reasons to promote peace after a destructive seven-year war between the two sides, but its functions were later transformed into something more cultural. A total of 12 such teams of envoys were dispatched until 1811. (Yonhap)
N.K. leader’s sister attends party for Chinese delegation Kim Yo-jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sister and vice department director of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Committee, speaks during a dinner party for a Chinese government delegation in Pyongyang on July 28, 2023, in this photo captured from the North’s official Korean Central Television on July 31. The Chinese delegation, led by Communist Party politburo member Li Hongzhong, also vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People’s Congress, visited the North to attend a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary on July 27 of the signing of the armistice that halted the 1950-53 Korean War. (Yonhap)
Border unit inspection Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Kim Seung-kyum (L) visits a command and control center under the Army’s 5th Infantry Division to inspect the frontline unit’s readiness against North Korean threats on July 31, 2023, in this photo released by his office. (Yonhap)
Black Eagles in Busan The South Korean aerobatic flight team the Black Eagles flies over the southeastern city of Busan on July 29, 2023, to mark the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice. (Yonhap)
N. Korea holds military parade marking war anniversary North Korean soldiers march during a military parade, attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang on the night of July 27, 2023, to mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that halted the 1950-53 Korean War, in this photo released the next day by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency. (Yonhap)
Beach after rainy season Haeundae Beach in Busan, about 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, bustles with vacationers on July 26, 2023, as a monthlong rainy season came to an end. (Yonhap)
Yoon meets New Zealand governor-general South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (R) poses for a photo with Cindy Kiro, governor-general of New Zealand, at the presidential office in Seoul on July 25, 2023. (Yonhap)
Thai delegation honors S. Korean war dead A Thai government delegation pays tribute to South Korean patriotic martyrs and war dead at the National Cemetery in Seoul on July 24, 2023, three days before the 70th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War and U.N. Forces Participation Day, designated to honor members of the U.S.-led U.N. forces who fought with South Korea in the three-year conflict against North Korea’s invasion. (Yonhap)
Surging interest in self-defense gadgets An employee shows a spray at a shop for self-defense gadgets in Seoul on July 24, 2023, amid mounting public interest in such goods following recent random assaults. (Yonhap)
