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PHOTOS What's next for Hong Kong's extradition bill protesters?

Chan Ki Kau, 72, on his fifth day of hunger strike at Admiralty Station protesting against the Hong Kong government's controversial extradition bill. The posters in Chinese say he is “fighting for public righteousness.” The bill has been put on hold for now because of the huge backlash. College students have rejected the government's offer of a "private meeting" between the authority and a selected group of students who oppose the bill. The students say such a meeting must be open to the public and demand a guarantee that student protesters will not be prosecuted. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-sukKorea Times photographer Choi Won-suk has been sent to Hong Kong to record historic events taking place there. The photos here are from protests that took place from July 5-7 in northern Hong Kong Island's Central district, Kowloon Ferry Terminal and West Kowloon Station. Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong people have been protesting to stop the introduction of an extradition law that could enable China to extradite dissidents from China's special administrative area. The protest

Jul 8, 2019

What's next for Hong Kong's extradition bill protesters? [PHOTOS]

PHOTOS Behind the scenes of Roh Moo-hyun's presidency

Former President Roh Moo-hyun reads documents at a hotel in Seattle, the United States, on his way to Guatemala for a state visit in July 2007. YonhapThis year marks the 10th since the death of former President Roh Moo-hyun. His family, friends and many of those who loved him attended a memorial service at his hometown, Bongha Village, in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday.In remembrance of his time as a president, Jang Chul-young, his personal photographer at Cheong Wa Dae, has revealed 50 pictures taken during his term (2003-08).Roh waits to get off an airplane after landing in Guatemala for a state visit in July 2007. YonhapRoh salutes a security guard on duty at Cheong Wa Dae in February 2007, as he returns to his office after walking around the garden. YonhapRoh takes a bite of food prepared at an alumni event of the Busan Commercial High School (Gaeseong High School) in Busan in April 2007. YonhapRoh chats with his wife Kwon Yang-sook and chief of staff Moon Jae-in as they rest on a rock after climbing a mountain in the Mudeungsan National Park at Gwangju, South Jeolla

May 23, 2019By Lee Gyu-lee

Behind the scenes of Roh Moo-hyun's presidency [PHOTOS]

PHOTOS In memory of 'fool' Roh Moo-hyun

PHOTOS In memory of 'fool' Roh Moo-hyun

A man takes a photo of the life-size cardboard cutout of former President Roh Moo-hyun near his grave in Bongha Village in Gimhae, Thursday. YonhapAnother cardboard cutout of former President Roh Moo-hyun greets visitors to his hometown of Bongha Village in Gimhae, Thursday. YonhapPeople bow before the grave of former President Roh Moo-hyun in Bongha Village, Thursday. YonhapWearing yellow visors, a color that symbolizes former President Roh Moo-hyun, thousands of mourners gathered in his rural hometown Thursday to commemorate the 10th year since his death.First lady Kim Jung-sook and high-ranking political and government officials were also among those who attended a memorial service at the Bongha Village in Gimhae, some 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul."Your politics started with the integration of people,” National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang said in his eulogy. “The path on which President Roh walked was the journey for national unity."There were three top policy priorities that you had not achieved: to seek peace and prosperity in Northeast Asia; to pursue democr

May 23, 2019

In memory of 'fool' Roh Moo-hyun [PHOTOS]

PHOTOS Behind the scenes of Roh Moo-hyun's presidency

PHOTOS Muscle up!

Fitness instructors demonstrate “Energy Flow 1.0,” a new indoor workout program developed by Stadion, at a gym in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday. The program is designed to boost physical and mental energy by stimulating movement. Stadion is giving one-month free coupons to 100 people on a first come, first served basis at its studio. For more information, contact sunny@emersonk.com / Courtesy of Emerson K PartnersCourtesy of Emerson K PartnersCourtesy of Emerson K PartnersCourtesy of Emerson K Partners

May 23, 2019

PHOTOS Young Koreans celebrate Coming-of-Age Day

Nineteen-year-old Korean women wearing hanboks, the traditional Korean garments, participate in the Coming-of-Age Day ceremony at Namsangol Hanok Village in Seoul, Monday. Korea Times photos by Shim Hyun-chul

May 20, 2019By Jung Min-ho

Young Koreans celebrate Coming-of-Age Day [PHOTOS]

PHOTOS 41 dead in Russian plane blaze disaster

A handout photo made available by Russian Investigative Committee (Sledcom) shows a Sukhoi Superjet 100 of Russian airline Aeroflot burning at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, Russia, 05 May 2019. Conflicting numbers of fatalities are reported after the plane had to make an emergency landing just after takeoff for the flight to Murmansk. EPA/Russian Investigative CommitteeForty-one people including at least two children have died after a Russian passenger plane made an emergency landing and erupted in a huge ball of fire and black smoke at Moscow's busiest airport on Sunday, investigators said.Dramatic footage that went viral on social media showed Aeroflot's Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft crash-landing and then speeding along the runway at Sheremetyevo international airport, flames pouring from its fuselage.Passengers could be seen leaping onto an inflatable slide at the front and running from the blazing plane as huge black columns of smoke billowed into the sky."There were 78 people including crew members on board the plane," the Investigative Committee said in a statement, adding tha

May 6, 2019

41 dead in Russian plane blaze disaster [PHOTOS]

PHOTOS President Moon celebrates Children's Day

President Moon Jae-in invited 180 children to Cheong Wa Dae to celebrate Children's Day on Sunday. They included 27 children displaced by a recent massive wildfire that devastated parts of Gangwon Province, 31 children of firemen and police officer who fought the fire, 10 descendants of accredited independence fighters and 60 from underprivileged families. YonhapYonhapYonhapYonhapYonhapYonhapYonhapYonhapYonhapYonhapYonhap

May 5, 2019

President Moon celebrates Children's Day [PHOTOS]

PHOTOS BLACKPINK members dumbfounded by Jennie's improvised dance

BLACKPINK's Jisoo (left), Rose (third from left) and Lisa (right) watch Jennie at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on May 2. Photo from Twitter @blackpinkxcxBy Ko Dong-hwanFor a brief moment during BLACKPINK's recent New Jersey concert, Jennie appeared to stun other band members with her apparently improvised choreography.YG Entertainment's four stars were performing at Prudential Center in Newark on May 2 as part of “Blackpink World Tour (In Your Area)” continuing from 2018 to 2020. Near the end of “As If It's Your Last,” Jennie improvised, suddenly turning backwards to face Jisoo and Lisa behind her. Fans close to the stage posted photos of Jisoo and Lisa dumbfounded by Jennie on Twitter. But a concertgoer's YouTube video (watch from 6:45) shows the moment smoothly timed to the lyrics in last chorus. Jennie's mischief was apparently well-timed because it fitted perfectly the words “I will never look back.” BLACKPINK performed in New Jersey on May 1-2. British singer/song writer Dua Lipa, who worked with the band on “Kiss and Mak

May 5, 2019By Ko Dong-hwan

BLACKPINK members dumbfounded by Jennie's improvised dance [PHOTOS]

PHOTOS North Korea says 'rocket launchers, guided weapons tested'

A rocket blasts off from a mobile launcher in this photo North Korea's state media KCNA released on Sunday, a day after the nuclear-armed North fired multiple short-range projectiles into the East Sea. YonhapNorth Korea has conducted a "strike drill" for multiple rocket launchers and tactical guided weapons to test their performance, state media reported Sunday, a day after the communist nation fired unidentified short-range projectiles into the East Sea.North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised the "strike drill of defense units in the forefront area and on the eastern front which took place in the East Sea of Korea on Saturday," according to the Korean Central News Agency."The purpose of the drill was to estimate and inspect the operating ability and the accuracy of striking duty performance of large-caliber long-range multiple rocket launchers and tactical guided weapons by defense units in the frontline area and on the eastern front," the KCNA said."And the combat performance of arms and equipment and to more powerfully arouse the entire army to the movement for becoming cracksh

May 5, 2019

North Korea says 'rocket launchers, guided weapons tested' [PHOTOS]

PHOTOS Opposition takes it to Cheong Wa Dae

Lawmakers from the main opposition Liberty Korea Party have taken their protest to Cheong Wa Dae Thursday as they failed to block a “fast-track” package of reform bills by the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and three other parties. The bills include items on President Moon Jae-in's key legislative agenda such as establishment of a new anti-corruption investigative authority. The LKP, led by Chairman Hwang Kyo-ahn and floor leader Rep. Na Kyung-won, gathered at a fountain square in front of the presidential office Thursday morning and held placards reading, “Punish dictatorship, protect constitution” and “Moon Jae-in stop.” Five lawmakers of the party had their heads shaved to highlight the party's voice. A petition posted to the Cheong Wa Dae website on April 22 calling for the party's disbandment has drawn the online petition portal's record number of over 1.6 million endorsers as of Thursday.

May 2, 2019By Ko Dong-hwan

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PHOTOS What's next for Hong Kong's extradition bill protesters?

PHOTOS Behind the scenes of Roh Moo-hyun's presidency

PHOTOS In memory of 'fool' Roh Moo-hyun

PHOTOS Muscle up!

PHOTOS Young Koreans celebrate Coming-of-Age Day

PHOTOS 41 dead in Russian plane blaze disaster

PHOTOS President Moon celebrates Children's Day

PHOTOS BLACKPINK members dumbfounded by Jennie's improvised dance

PHOTOS North Korea says 'rocket launchers, guided weapons tested'

PHOTOS Opposition takes it to Cheong Wa Dae

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