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An Olympic enthusiast dons flags and symbols from past Olympics in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, Sunday (local time). Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul
Workers make final preparations near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, Thursday (local time), where the opening ceremony for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games will be held next week. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul
A house is damaged by a landslide caused by heavy rainfall in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province, Thursday. Yonhap
Samba dancers from Lotte World Adventure perform for the City Vacation & Samba summer festival in downtown Seoul's Myeong-dong, June 19. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk
Korea Times Chairman Seung Myung-ho, front row seventh from left, applauds with distinguished guests before the beginning of the Korea Times Forum, themed "Toward diversity, inclusiveness and equality," at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Seoul, Wednesday. From left in the front row are Korea Network of Women in Finance Chairperson Kim Sang-kyung; Ewha Womans University President Kim Eun Mee; Philippine Ambassador Maria Theresa B. Dizon-De Vega; Irish Ambassador Michelle Winthrop; Reform Party Rep. Lee Jun-seok; SMEs and Startups Minister Oh Young-ju; Seung; Patriots and Veterans Affairs Minister Kang Jung-ai; Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Minister Song Mi-ryung; British Ambassador Colin Crooks; violinist Han Soo-jin; and Standard Chartered Bank Korea CEO Park Jong-bok. From left in the second row are the University of Utah Asia Campus Chief Administrative Officer Gregory C. Hill; Citibank Korea CEO Yoo Myung-soon; Brazilian Ambassador Marcia Donner Abreu; Korean National Council of Women President Huh Myung; Saudi Arabian Ambassador Sami M. Alsadhan; Danish Ambass
Lanterns are seen at Donghwa Temple in Daegu to celebrate Buddha's birthday on May 15. Yonhap
A 90-year-old voter leaves a polling station in southeastern Seoul's Songpa District after voting in Korea's general election on Wednesday. YonhapA dog stands behind its owner who is filling out a ballot at a polling station for Korea's general elections in central Seoul's Yongsan District, Wednesday. YonhapFormer President Park Geun-hye casts her ballot in the general elections at a polling station near her residence in Daegu, Wednesday. YonhapA child on a kickboard waits for her parent to vote at a polling station in Busan, Wednesday. YonhapVoters in Hwacheon County, Gangwon Province, disembark from a small boat to go to a polling station, Wednesday. YonhapFormer first lady Kwon Yang-sook, widow of Roh Moo-hyun, deposits her vote in a ballot box at a polling station near her residence in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, Wednesday. YonhapA 108-year-old voter casts her ballot at a polling station in Gwangju, Wednesday. NewsisA voter participates in a public opinion survey as she leaves a polling station in central Seoul's Yongsan District, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-
National Election Commission officials put up posters of candidates for the April 10 general elections in Jongno District, Seoul, March 28, which is the first day of the election campaign period. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulMain opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) leader Rep. Lee Jae-myung, right, addresses a crowd to endorse a DPK candidate in Jung District, Seoul, March 28. YonhapRuling People Power Party (PPP) leader Han Dong-hoon speaks during an election campaign for a PPP candidate near Yongmun market in Yongsan District, Seoul, March 28. YonhapCho Kuk, center, former Justice Minister and now leader of the Korea Innovation Party, raises his fist during an election campaign in Daegu, March. 28. YonhapNew Future Party leader Lee Nak-yon visits May 18th National Cemetery, Gwangju, March 28. YonhapThis photo shows a scooter in Daejeon carrying a sign supporting a Reform Party candidate on March, 28, on the first day of the general election campaign. YonhapCampaigners from different political parties reach out to drivers at a roundabout in Ulsan on March 28. YonhapThis
A boy looks on as he swims in an area affected by floods due to the overflowing of the Batanghari River at Sungai Bungur village in Muaro Jambi, Jambi province, Indonesia, February 20, 2024. Reuters-Yonhap A Local Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) officer evacuates an elderly woman from a residential area affected by floods due to heavy rains, in Padang, West Sumatra province, Indonesia, March 8, 2024. Reuters-Yonhap Stranded motorists in a flooded street during a heavy downpour in Peshawar, Pakistan, 19 February 2024. EPA-Yonhap People walk along a flooded street after participating in a protest against food scarcity at community soup kitchens in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Feb.8, 2024. AP-Yonhap People abandon their homes after the Acre River burst its banks in Cobija in the department of Pando, Bolivia, 26 February 2024. EPA-Yonhap A boy jumps into the floodwaters on the national highway caused by heavy rain and the river bursting in Demak, Central Java on February 11, 2024. AFP-Yonhap Kashmiri boatmen row a Shikara (gondola) amid strong winds
People wave Korean flags outside the former Seodaemun Prison in Seoul in honor of the independence movement against the 1910-45 Japanese occupation of Korea, March 1. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chulSeoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, left, together with guests, rings a bell at Bosingak Pavilion in Seoul, Friday, during an event to commemorate the March 1 Independence Movement against Japan's 1910-45 occupation of Korea. YonhapPresident Yoon Suk Yeol waves a Korean flag while singing a song during an event commemorating the March 1 Independence Movement against Japan's 1910-45 occupation of Korea. YonhapPeople march on a road in Gwangju, south of Seoul, in a reenactment of the March 1 Independence Movement, which started in 1919 against Japan's 1919-45 occupation of Korea. YonhapA descendent of independence activist Jeong Jae-yong, at the podium, reads out the Declaration of Independence during a commemorative event in Seoul on Friday. The screen on the left shows an image of Jeong generated with the help of artificial intelligence. YonhapPeople wave Korean flags outside the former Seodaemun