Baeknokdam filled with water Baeknokdam, an oval-shaped crater at the peak of Mount Halla on South Korea’s southern Jeju Island, is full of water on May 8, 2023, after five days of heavy rain of more than 1,000 millimeters, in this photo provided by photographer Kang Young-keun. (Yonhap)
First ladies of S. Korea, Japan visit Buddhist temple Kim Keon Hee (R), wife of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, talks with Yuko Kishida, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, over tea during their meeting at Jingwan Temple in Seoul on May 7, 2023, in this photo released by the presidential office. (Yonhap)
Rally welcoming Japanese PM’s visit to S. Korea Members of a civic group championing an alliance between South Korea and the United States take part in a rally in front of the presidential office in Seoul on May 7, 2023, to express their approval of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit for a summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol later in the day. (Yonhap)
N.K. premier inspects new apartments in Pyongyang North Korean Premier Kim Tok-hun (C) visits the Hwasong area in Pyongyang, where 10,000 apartments have been built on the occasion of the late North Korea founder Kim Il-sung’s 111th birth anniversary, in this undated photo released on May 3, 2023, by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
Unseasonable snow on Mount Seorak An unseasonable snow covers the ground around the Jungcheong shelter on Mount Seorak in Yangyang on South Korea’s east coast on May 1, 2023, in this photo released by the office of Mount Seorak National Park. (Yonhap)
Drone light show Over 500 drones take to the sky to create Seoul’s new slogan, “Seoul, My Soul,” during a drone light show in a park along the Han River in Seoul on April 29, 2023. (Yonhap)
Moon runs bookstore Former President Moon Jae-in is pictured wearing an apron at his bookstore near his home in Yangsan, about 310 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on April 26, 2023, following the store’s opening the previous day. (Yonhap)
Soldiers welcomed home after successful evacuation mission in Sudan Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup (2nd from L) greets military personnel who participated in a mission to evacuate South Koreans from Sudan upon their arrival at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, on April 25, 2023. Twenty-eight South Koreans returned home safely on a KC-330 tanker transport plane from the African nation plagued by intensifying fighting between rival forces. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
Yoon-Biden summit President Yoon Suk Yeol (2nd from L), first lady Kim Keon Hee (L), U.S. President Joe Biden (2nd from R) and U.S. first lady Jill Biden wave during an official welcoming ceremony ahead of the summit between Yoon and Biden at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 26, 2023. (Yonhap)
