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A woman carrying a dog casts her ballot at a polling station in Seoul's Songpa District, Wednesday. Voters will elect 16 metropolitan city mayors and provincial governors, 227 local government heads, 3,973 local council members and 16 education superintendents. Yonhap
Malta-flagged tanker Odessa, carrying 1 million barrels of imported crude oil from the United Arab Emirates, arrives in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province, Friday, after passing through the Strait of Hormuz in mid-April. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul
Jennie of BLACKPINK arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Costume Art" exhibition in New York, May 4. AP-Yonhap
With daytime temperatures reaching up to 25 degrees Celsius, people at Gwanghwamun Square sport short sleeves as unseasonably warm, early summer weather arrives in Seoul, Monday. Yonhap
The United Nations recognizes education as a fundamental human right and maintains that every child should be able to attend school, rather than work or face dangerous conditions.
Palestinians gather for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Feb. 22. AP-Yonhap
Travelers head to their hometowns at Seoul Station in Seoul, Feb. 13, ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk
Members of the Gwangnaru Water Rescue Team under Seoul's Gangdong District 119 Special Rescue Unit perform icebreaking operations on the Han River in Seoul, Jan. 28, amid a severe cold wave. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul
Ice covers the mudflats near Maehyang Port in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, Jan. 22, as a cold wave grips the country. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk
Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, participate in swimming drills during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Temperatures in the area dropped to minus 6 degrees Celsius, with wind chills reaching as low as minus 11 degrees. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul