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Sun, May 27, 2018 | 17:04

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Anti-Trump rally

Protesters stage a rally in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, Friday, to criticize U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the planned U.S.-North Korea summit. Trump was scheduled to sit down with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on June 12 in Singapore, but he abruptly scrapped what would have been a historic meeting, Thursday, citing Pyongyang's “open h...

Photo News | 2018-05-25 16:32

Constitutional revision bill scrapped

National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun bangs the gavel to cancel a legislative vote on President Moon Jae-in’s constitutional revision bill, Thursday, after opposition lawmakers refused to participate in the voting. President Moon submitted the revision bill to the Assembly on March 26 that automatically required a vote within 60 days. However, the Assembly failed to ...

Photo News | 2018-05-24 17:43

Inside ferry Sewol

Reporters and members of the government's Sewol Investigation Committee inspect the salvaged ferry Sewol at Mokpo New Port, 410 kilometers southwest of Seoul, Thursday. The inside of the vessel, which was lifted upright on May 10 after being hoisted from the seabed last year, was open to the press for the first time. The 6,825-ton ferry carrying 476 passengers capsized off th...

Photo News | 2018-05-24 16:38

Police to stop guarding ex-presidents' residences

The police chief said, Monday, police officers will stop guarding private residences of the two former authoritarian-era presidents Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo next year amid growing public calls against the duty. “We plan to reduce police officers guarding their houses by 20 percent this year and withdraw all of them by next year,” National Police Agency Commissioner Gener...

Photo News | 2018-05-21 17:17

'Equal Crime, Equal Justice'

More than 10,000 women, many of them dressed in red as a sign of their anger, protest the authorities' gender-biased handling of hidden camera crimes in Daehangno, Seoul, Saturday. According to the protesters, police investigated the recent leaking of an art class photo, involving a male victim, with speed and thoroughness that had been missing in their handling of cases with...

Photo News | 2018-05-20 18:01

Call for fair investigations

Prosecutor Ahn Mee-hyun speaks during a press conference in Seoul, Tuesday, calling for a thorough investigation of allegations that Prosecutor-General Moon Moo-il put undue pressure on investigators looking into a hiring scandal at Kangwon Land linked to an opposition lawmaker. Ahn claimed Moon berated the prosecution's plan to summon Rep. Kwon Seong-dong of the main opposit...

Photo News | 2018-05-15 16:48

Teachers' Day celebration

A high school student embraces her teacher during a Teachers' Day celebration at JeongHwa Girls' Commercial High School in Dongdaemun, northeastern Seoul, Tuesday. The nation has commemorated May 15 as Teachers' Day since 1965. / Yonhap

Photo News | 2018-05-15 16:48

University students pay respect to those who fought and died for democracy in the Gwangju Uprising at the May 18th National Cemetery in Unjeong-dong, Gwangju, Sunday. This year commemorates the 38th anniversary of the democratic movement. / Yonhap

Photo News | 2018-05-13 17:36

Finally upright

A bereaved family members of a victim of the Sewol disaster watches the vessel being lifted upright at Mokpo New Port, 410 kilometers southwest of Seoul, Thursday. The ferry sank off the southwestern coast on April 16, 2014, leaving 304 people, mostly high school students, dead. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Photo News | 2018-05-10 18:57

Saluting the flag

President Moon Jae-in, presidential aides and ministers salute the national flag before holding a Cabinet meeting at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Tuesday. At the meeting, Moon urged the National Assembly to quickly pass the government bill on an extra budget to improve the people's livelihoods. / Joint press corps

Photo News | 2018-05-08 16:41

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