Defense minister visits nat’l cemetery on Korean War anniv. Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup visits Seoul National Cemetery to pay respect to the fallen soldiers who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War, as the country marks the 73rd anniversary of the outbreak of the war, on June 25, 2023, in the photo provided by the defense ministry. (Yonhap)
Yoon meets S. Korean residents in Vietnam South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a meeting with South Korean residents in Vietnam at a Hanoi hotel on June 22, 2023. Yoon is on a three-day state visit to the Southeast Asian country. (Yonhap)
S. Korea’s presentation on promoting Expo bid at BIE meeting Lee Soo-inn, co-founder and CEO of the education technology firm Enuma, gives a presentation to promote South Korea’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo in its southeastern city of Busan, at the 172nd general assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions, the international body in charge of overseeing the Expo, in Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris, on June 20, 2023. (Yonhap)
Historical site opened to public This bird’s-eye photo shows the site of Uijeongbu, the highest administrative body during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), which has been under excavation work for years, in downtown Seoul on June 18, 2023. (Yonhap)
Beer party for foreign visitors Tourists from foreign countries enjoy beer and “dakgangjeong,” or sweet, crispy Korean fried chicken, in Incheon, west of Seoul, on June 15, 2023, as the Incheon municipal government and the Korea Tourism Organization threw a party as part of efforts to promote tourism to the western port city amid an endemic COVID-19 era. (Yonhap)
S. Korea-U.S. live-fire drills K-2 combat tanks fire during live-fire drills staged jointly by South Korean and U.S. forces at the Seungjin Fire Training Field in Pocheon, just 25 kilometers south of the inter-Korean border, on June 15, 2023. The Combined Joint Live-Fire Exercise, the first of its kind in six years, was held to mark the 70th anniversary of the South Korea-U.S. alliance and the 75th anniversary of the founding of South Korea’s armed forces. (Yonhap)
Russian diplomats honor ex-Soviet war dead This photo, released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency, shows the cemetery for the former Soviet war dead in Pyongyang. Officials from the Russian Embassy in the North’s capital offered flowers there on June 12, 2023, according to the agency. (Yonhap)
German ambassador to Korea plays piano German Ambassador to Korea Michael Reiffenstuel plays a nocturne of Chopin at the 2023 Culture Communication Forum held at the French ambassador’s residence in Seoul on June 13, 2023, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Corea Image Communication Institute. (Yonhap)
Calling for hearing on Fukushima radioactive water discharge Rep. Lee Jae-myung (front), head of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), holds up a sign calling for a national hearing on the issue involving Japan’s plan to discharge radioactive water from crippled nuclear reactors in Fukushima at a DP lawmakers’ meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul on June 12, 2023. (Yonhap)
10 foreigners nabbed for gambling escape A group of foreigners suspected of gambling charges is taken to a police car in the southern city of Gwangju on June 11, 2023. Among the 23 arrested, 10 of them fled from a police patrol unit station through a window. (Yonhap)
