Fireworks over Han River Park in Seoul Fireworks are seen during the Seoul International Fireworks Festival around Han River Park in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Oct. 8, 2022. (Yonhap)
Fireworks in PyongyangThis image from North Korea’s Korean Central Television shows fireworks exploding over Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2022, during an event to celebrate the 77th founding anniversary of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)
Season’s 1st snow on Mount Seorak The season’s first snow falls on parts of Mount Seorak in the northeastern region of South Korea on Oct. 10, 2022, in this photo provided by the Seoraksan National Park Office. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
Gov’t announces plan to abolish gender ministryPhotos of former and sitting gender equality ministers are hung on the wall of an office of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family at the government complex in Seoul on Oct. 6, 2022. The government announced a reorganization plan, including the abolishment of the gender equality ministry, on the day. (Yonhap)
Sun rises above clouds This photo provided by Inje County, Gangwon Province, on Oct. 2, 2022, shows the sunrise above a sea of clouds formed at Mount Seorak in Inje, some 120 kilometers east of Seoul. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
Lifting post-entry PCR test requirement This photo, taken Oct. 2, 2022, shows a statement posted at a virus testing center in Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, about the lifting of a COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction testing requirement for inbound travelers on the first day of their arrival. The move took effect from Oct. 1. (Yonhap)
Armed Forces Day ceremony President Yoon Suk-yeol salutes troops while reviewing them at a ceremony marking the 74th Armed Forces Day at the Gyeryongdae military headquarters, 160 kilometers south of Seoul, on Oct. 1, 2022. (Yonhap)
Maiden flight of indigenous KF-21 fighter South Korea’s indigenous fighter jet KF-21 takes off from the runway of the Air Force’s 3rd Flying Training Wing in Sacheon, about 300 kilometers south of Seoul, on Sept. 28, 2022, during a ceremony to celebrate its successful first flight in July, in this photo provided by the Defense Daily. (Yonhap)
Visiting Cheong Wa Dae during weekend This photo, taken Oct. 2, 2022, shows a stream of visitors to the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul. The total number of visitors there has topped the 2 million mark since Cheong Wa Dae opened its doors to the public on May 10, following the relocation of the top office to the former defense ministry building in Yongsan in central Seoul. (Yonhap)
U.S. Vice President Harris visits DMZ U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (2nd from L) visits the truce village of Panmunjom between South and North Korea inside the Demilitarized Zone, which separates the two Koreas, at the western section of the inter-Korean border in Paju, north of Seoul, on Sept. 29, 2022. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
