Seoul city hires robot official A robot official passes through a security gate at Seoul City Hall on Nov. 22, 2022. The city employed the robot official for the first time to deliver documents and guide visitors earlier in the day. (Yonhap)
Newly built homes around N. Korea’s new greenhouse farm This undated photo, released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Nov. 21, 2022, shows North Korean residents taking part in a ceremony to mark their moving into new homes built around Ryonpho Greenhouse Farm in Hamju County, South Hamgyong Province. In October, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a ceremony to mark the greenhouse farm’s completion. (Yonhap)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared a resolute nuclear response to threats by the United States during an on-site inspection of the country’s test-firing of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) earlier this week, Pyongyang’s state media said Saturday. The missile, launched from Pyongyang International Airport, flew 999.2 kilometers for 4,135 seconds at an apogee of 6,040.9km and landed in the international waters of the East Sea, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Welcoming Saudi crown prince’s visit An S-Oil advertisement welcoming Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to South Korea is hung on the outer wall of the Aramco-owned oil refiner’s headquarters in Seoul on Nov. 16, 2022, one day ahead of his visit to Seoul to meet with the heads of South Korea’s leading conglomerates in relation to construction projects in Neom, a Saudi smart city project overseen by the crown prince. (Yonhap)
S. Korean, Turkish first ladies in Bali South Korean first lady Kim Keon-hee (R) and her Turkish counterpart, Emine Erdogan, pose for a photo during their tea meeting at a hotel in Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 15, 2022, in this photo provided by the presidential office. (Yonhap)
First lady visits bunsik restaurant in Phnom Penh South Korean first lady Kim Keon-hee (R) poses for a photo with the South Korean owner of a bunsik restaurant in Phnom Penh while visiting the place to offer encouragement on Nov. 13, 2022, in this photo provided by the presidential office. Bunsik refers to inexpensive Korean dishes. (Yonhap)
Gifts from first lady to quintuplets Quintuplets pose for a photo with presents sent from first lady Kim Keon-hee in Incheon, 27 kilometers west of Seoul, on Nov. 11, 2022, marking their first birthday, in this photo provided by their mother on Nov. 13. Born to a South Korean Army captain couple, they are the first quintuplets born in South Korea in 34 years. (Yonhap)
Wednesday rally over ‘comfort women’ issue Protestors from an anti-Japan civic group, the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, stage a Wednesday rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Nov. 9, 2022, to demand Japan offer a formal apology for “comfort women,” who were forced into its wartime military brothels during World War II, and urge the government to stop what critics say is low-profile diplomacy toward the neighboring country. (Yonhap)
Debris of N. Korean ‘SA-5’ missile Moon Hong-sik, deputy spokesperson for the defense ministry, speaks next to what is believed to be the debris of a ballistic missile that North Korea fired southward on Nov. 2 past its de facto maritime border with South Korea, at the defense ministry in Seoul on Nov. 9, 2022. The South Korean military said the interagency analysis of the debris, salvaged off the East Sea on Nov. 6, indicated the missile is an “SA-5” type similar to that used by Russia in the Ukraine war. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
