Bridge reconnects villages in decades Seen here is a newly-built bridge over Paro Lake linking Wolmyeong and Sangmuryong Villages in the rural county of Yanggu, about 175 kilometers northeast of Seoul. The bridge opened on Aug. 31, 2022, and reconnected the villages, which have been separated for 78 years since the construction of nearby Hwacheon Dam in 1944. Villagers had used boats to come and go between them. (Yonhap)
FM honors Korean independence fighter in Mongolia Foreign Minister Park Jin pays his respects at a commemorative park honoring South Korean independence fighter Lee Tae-joon in Ulaanbaatar on Aug. 28, 2022. (Yonhap)
Indiana governor in S. Korea This photo, provided by Samsung SDI, shows Samsung SDI’s President Choi Yoon-ho (2nd from L) posing for a photo with U.S. Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb (2nd from R) during the latter’s visit to the South Korean battery maker’s plant in Cheonan, 92 kilometers south of Seoul, on Aug. 25, 2022. (Yonhap)
S. Korea wins US$2.2 bln deal to build nuclear power plant in Egypt This composite image, provided by the trade ministry on Aug. 25, 2022, shows a map and a construction site for a nuclear power plant in Egypt. The state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and Russia’s Rosatom signed a 3 trillion-won (US$2.25 billion) contract in Cairo the same day, under which the KHNP will supply equipment and construct turbine buildings for Egypt’s first nuclear power plant in El Dabaa, around 300 kilometers northwest of Cairo. (Yonhap)
Defense chief visits U.S. military bunker South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup (R) shakes hands with Gen. Paul LaCamera, chief of the South Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command, as he visits CP Tango, or Command Post Theater Air Naval Ground Operations, in Seongnam, south of Seoul, on Aug. 23, 2022, in this photo released by the South Korean defense ministry. The visit came one day after South Korea and the United States kicked off the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise, their annual combined training involving field maneuvers set to run through Sept. 1. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
Rally against S. Korea-U.S. combined military exercise Members of the Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea, a Seoul-based progressive civic group, stage a rally near the presidential office in Seoul on Aug. 22, 2022, to voice their objection to the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise that South Korea and the United States kicked off the same day against North Korean nuclear and missile threats. The annual combined military exercise is set to run through Sept. 1, involving an array of contingency drills, like concurrent field maneuvers that were not held over the past years under the preceding Moon Jae-in administration’s drive for peace with Pyongyang. (Yonhap)
Fun in the sun This photo taken on Aug. 21, 2022, shows beachgoers enjoying the last day of the season at Gangmun Beach in Gangneung, 220 kilometers east of Seoul. Gangmun and 79 other beaches along the east coast of South Korea closed for the summer on this day. (Yonhap)
N.K. poster on declaration of victory in COVID-19 fight This photo, released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on Aug. 16, 2022, shows one of the new propaganda posters highlighting the North’s declaration of victory in the country’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic. (Yonhap)
Yoon meets with Microsoft co-founder Bill GatesThis photo, released by the presidential office on Aug. 16, 2022, shows a message that Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates wrote in a guest book ahead of his meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol at the office in Seoul the same day. Gates wrote, “Thanks for the time to discuss Global Health.” (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
