Multinational military exercise in Australia A K9 self-propelled howitzer operated by the South Korean Marine Corps fires a shell during a multinational live-fire demonstration in Australia during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 on July 22, 2023, in this photo provided by Australia’s defense department the next day. (Yonhap)
Photos on Korean War armistice talks This photo is one of 20 photos involving talks on an armistice agreement between the United Nations and communist nations — North Korea and China — during the 1950-53 Korean War, unveiled by the National Institute of Korean History on July 20, 2023, ahead of the 70th anniversary of the cease-fire accord. The photo, taken by a U.S. soldier on Sept. 1, 1951, shows a sign that says the Korean War broke out here on June 25, 1950. (Yonhap)
Nuclear-powered USS Kentucky sub arrives in S. Korea The USS Kentucky (C), a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, enters the South Korean naval base in Busan, 320 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on July 18, 2023, in this photo provided by the U.S. Forces Korea. (Yonhap)
First ladies of S. Korea, Ukraine in Kyiv Kim Keon Hee (L), wife of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, talks with Olena Zelenska, wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at the presidential palace in Kyiv on July 15, 2023, as Yoon made an unannounced visit to Ukraine, in this photo provided by South Korea’s presidential office. (Yonhap)
Military leaders of S. Korea, U.S., Japan meet Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Chairman Gen. Kim Seung-kyum (C) and his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, Gen. Mark Milley (L) and Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, respectively, pose for a photo as they meet for trilateral talks in Hawaii on July 11, 2023 in this photo released by the JCS. (Yonhap)
S. Korea-Hungary summit talks in Vilnius South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (L) shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during their talks in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11, 2023, on the sidelines of a two-day summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (Yonhap)
Incheon airport to introduce facial recognition system The SMART Pass system, which enables tourists to undergo departure procedures easily using only facial recognition information, is installed at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on July 10, 2023. The system is scheduled to be introduced at the end of the month. (Yonhap)
N.K. marks anniversary of founder’s death North Korean people offer flowers in front of statues of North Korea’s founder Kim Il-sung (L) and his son Kim Jong-il, the previous leader who died in 2011, on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on July 8, 2023, to mark the 29th anniversary of the North’s founder’s death, in this photo released on July 10 by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency. (Yonhap)
