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Mon, January 21, 2019 | 23:36

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For students' rights

Student activists call on the government to guarantee adolescents' rights and give suffrage to them, with a performance of being behind bars during a press conference in front of the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in central Seoul, Friday, a day before Students' Day. The members also urged action against sexual harassment at schools and the abolishment of hair regulati...

Photo News | 2018-11-02 16:41

Chung Hai-young, sitting right, president of the Ga San Foundation for Culture, poses with students during an annual scholarship award ceremony at Kwangdong Pharmaceutical's factory in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, Oct. 24. The Kwangdong-affiliated foundation presented 76 high school students with scholarships amounting to 114 million won ($100,000). The foundation has provi...

Photo News | 2018-10-30 15:50

Winter is coming

Bushes next to a road in Yanggu County, Gangwon Province, are covered with a layer of snow, Sunday, when some parts of the nation had snow or hail. Temperatures will remain low for the next few days, with mountainous regions in Gangwon having subzero morning temperatures. / Yonhap

Photo News | 2018-10-28 16:28

Protesters slam Modi peace award

Civic organizations protested near the Seoul Peace Cultural Foundation on Friday against India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi being awarded this year's Seoul Peace Prize. They claimed Modi was a murderer, responsible for thousands of Muslims killed by right-wing Hindu extremists in Gujarat, India, in 2002. / Yonhap

Photo News | 2018-10-26 16:40

Capturing color of autumn

People take photos of yellow gingko tree leaves on Gangcheon Island in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday. Fall foliage is at its peak throughout the country. / Yonhap

Photo News | 2018-10-24 16:38

Calling for reinstatement

Members of the Korean Government Employees' Union (KGEU) make a “three steps, one bow” protest on the street in front of Government Complex Seoul, Monday, to demand the government keep its promise to reinstate 136 fired civil servants. The former workers were dismissed under the former Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye administrations for their labor protests, and t...

Photo News | 2018-10-22 17:43

Fall foliage at peak

Hikers climb Mount Bukhan in Seoul, Sunday, with fall foliage at its peak. It is known to be the tallest mountain in Seoul with three major peaks. People who wanted to enjoy red and yellow foliage crowded famous mountains across the nation.

Photo News | 2018-10-21 16:45

Salted shrimp festival

Mapo-gu head Yoo Dong-gyun, wearing the traditional clothes of a district governor in the Joseon Kingdom, tastes salted shrimp at the 11th Mapo Salted Shrimp Festival at the World Cup Park in Seoul, Friday. Through Sunday, the three-day festival reenacts scenes of the port in Mapo where ships carrying goods from across the country destined for the capital docked, and where sa...

Photo News | 2018-10-19 17:23

Medical volunteers offer free flu shots to disadvantaged elderly, including the homeless and those living alone in poverty, at a shelter soup kitchen near Seoul Station, Tuesday. October is the month for getting flu shots to ward off colds during the winter. / Yonhap

Photo News | 2018-10-17 15:36

Family members of the deceased Lee Jae-hun, who died while mountaineering in the Himalayas, wail while holding the coffin of Lee, as his body is carried out of Incheon International Airport's cargo terminal, Wednesday morning. Lee and other four climbers, including leader Kim Chang-ho, were found dead Saturday near a base camp on Mount Gurja in western Nepal, after a strong w...

Photo News | 2018-10-17 15:35

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