S. Korean, U.S. soldiers’ voluntary work South Korean and U.S. Marines jointly collect garbage along the seaside of Pohang, 374 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on March 24, 2023. (Yonhap)
N. Korea’s strategic cruise missile drill A strategic cruise missile of North Korea is launched in South Hamgyong Province on March 22, 2023, in this photo released on March 24 by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The KCNA said two “Hwasal-1 strategic cruise missiles” and two “Hwasal-2 strategic cruise missiles” accurately hit a target in the East Sea. North Korea conducted a new underwater nuclear strategic weapon test and cruise missile exercise guided by leader Kim Jong-un from March 21-23. (Yonhap)
Cherry blossom sightseeing in Changwon Visitors crowd a park to see cherry blossoms in full bloom during a festival in Changwon, a provincial city about 370 kilometers south of Seoul, on March 26, 2023. (Yonhap)
Anniv. of commemoration day for fallen naval heroes President Yoon Suk Yeol (L) greets bereaved family members of the victims of inter-Korean naval clashes during a ceremony at a national cemetery in Daejeon, 140 kilometers south of Seoul, on March 24, 2023, to mark the eighth anniversary of the commemoration day for 55 troops who died in three major clashes with North Korea in the West Sea, comprising an inter-Korean naval skirmish in 2002, North Korea’s torpedo attack on the corvette Cheonan in 2010 and its shelling of the border island of Yeonpyeong in the same year. Since 2016, the government has designated the fourth Friday of March as a commemoration day, known as West Sea Defense Day. (Yonhap)
USS Makin Island arrives in S. Korea USS Makin Island, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship capable of carrying 20 F-35B stealth fighters, moors at a naval base in Busan, 325 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on March 22, 2023, amid the South Korea-U.S. Field Shield joint drill on the Korean Peninsula. (Yonhap)
Spring at Changdeok Palace Foreign tourists wearing the traditional Korean costume, hanbok, stroll among the spring flowers at Changdeok Palace in Seoul on March 21, 2023. (Yonhap)
N. Korea conducts nuclear counterattack drill This photo, carried by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 20, 2023, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) and his daughter Ju-ae inspecting a combined tactical drill, which took place March 18-19, to bolster the country’s war deterrence and nuclear counterattack capability, in response to the ongoing South Korea-U.S. Freedom Shield joint drill. (Yonhap)
S. Korea-U.S. Freedom Shield drillThis photo, released by South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), shows JCS Chairman Gen. Kim Seung-kyum posing for a photo with pilots during a visit to South Korea’s 38th Combat Squadron and the U.S. 8th Operations Group at an air base in Gunsan, 270 km south of Seoul, on March 20, 2023, amid South Korea and the United States’ 11-day computer-simulated Freedom Shield joint exercise. (Yonhap)
N. Koreans sign up to join military This photo, released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 18, 2023, shows an event in which people signed up to join the military to fight against the United States and South Korea. The agency reported about 800,000 students and workers expressed intent to enlist or reenlist in the military across the country on March 17 alone. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
N. Korea’s missile launch A ground-to-ground ballistic missile is launched toward the East Sea from the western North Korean county of Jangyon, South Hwanghae Province, in a drill on March 14, 2023, in this photo captured from the North’s Central TV the following day. The drill was made amid South Korea and the United States’ 11-day computer-simulated Freedom Shield joint exercise against North Korean provocations. (Yonhap)
