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Scholarship from late comfort woman

Gil Won-ok, right, a former victim of Japan's wartime sexual slavery, delivers a scholarship certificate to an awardee during a regular Wednesday rally near the former Japanese Embassy building in central Seoul, Wednesday. The scholarship was offered by a foundation set up by the late former sex slave and human rights activist Kim Bok-dong. / Yonhap

Apr 17, 2019By Kim Jae-heun

'Tourists, come back to Gangwon'

Civic groups from Gangneung, a Gangwon Province city ravaged by a wildfire earlier this month, carry out a tourism campaign in front of Seoul Station, Monday, to encourage Seoul residents to visit the eastern coastal city, saying this would be the best way to help the region recover from damage caused by the fire. / Yonhap

Apr 17, 2019

In memory of Sewol victims

A bereaved family member of a Sewol ferry sinking victim throws a flower into the sea off Jindo, South Jeolla Province, Tuesday, on the fifth anniversary of the disaster. A total of 304 aboard the ferry, mostly Danwon High School students on a school trip to Jeju Island, were killed. /Yonhap

Apr 16, 2019By Bahk Eun-ji

Remembering Sewol ferry disaster

A yellow ribbon sign is displayed at a wooden structure housing a commemorative exhibition at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul for the Sewol ferry disaster, Sunday, two days before its fifth anniversary. A total of 304 people onboard ― mostly high school students on a field trip ― were killed in the sinking. / Yonhap

Apr 14, 2019

Remember Sewol victims

A wooden structure commemorating victims of the 2014 Sewol ferry sinking stands at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, Friday. The Seoul Metropolitan Government built the edifice after removing bereaved families' tents that had occupied a strip of the popular plaza since July 2014 to urge the government to get to the bottom of the accident that killed 304 passengers. / Yonhap

Apr 12, 2019By Kim Jae-heun

Finale of cherry blossom season

Cherry blossoms are in full bloom along the streets surrounding the National Assembly on Yeouido in Seoul, Thursday, the last day of the annual flower festival there. /Yonhap

Apr 11, 2019By Bahk Eun-ji

Centennial of Provisional Assembly

National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang points at a group photo of members of Korea's Provisional Government in Shanghai during the 1910-45 Japanese colonial rule at a ceremonial event in the National Assembly, Wednesday, to mark the centennial of the former's opening. Participants in the event included Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon, Constitutional Court Chief Justice Yoo Nam-seok and descendants of the provisional government's members. / Yonhap

Apr 10, 2019By Park Ji-won

Firefighter fitness test

Firefighters pull have their back strength measured during a regular physical test at a gymnasium in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday. Yonhap

Apr 10, 2019By Kim Hyun-bin

Emergency maintenance

Mechanics examine the front wheel on an Asiana Airlines flight which was damaged during landing at Gwangju Airport, Tuesday. No injuries were reported among the 111 passengers onboard, but the plane had to remain on the runway for repair, causing 29 other scheduled flights to either be cancelled or having to depart from nearby Muan International Airport. / Yonhap

Apr 9, 2019By Kim Hyun-bin

Thank-you note

Woongjin Foundation Chairman Shin Hyon-ung, right, poses with the outgoing Philippine Ambassador to Korea Raul Hernandez, center, and Digital Skynet CEO Kim Choong-hyun at Sejong Hotel in Seoul, Monday, after the foundation bestowed an appreciation letter to the Filipino diplomat for his support for its Multicultural Family Music Broadcasting during his tenure. Shin attributed the radio program's high popularity with Filipino residents here to Hernandez's support. The 24-hour program, launched in 2008 to help foreign residents adapt to Korea, is available in eight languages. / Courtesy of Woongjin Foundation

Apr 9, 2019By Kang Seung-woo

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