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PHOTOS Pre-concert excitement heats annual Korea Times festival

(From left) German Ambassador to South Korea Stephan Auer, his wife and Swedish Ambassador to South Korea Jakob Hallgren talk before the 14th annual spring concert hosted by The Korea Times begins at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Jongno-gu, Seoul, Feb. 21. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-sukFilipino Ambassador to South Korea Raul Hernandez, left, and Turkish Ambassador to South Korea Ersin Ercin visited the 14th annual spring concert hosted by The Korea Times at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Jongno-gu, Seoul, Feb. 21. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-sukMexican Ambassador to South Korea Bruno Figueroa Fischer speaks to a reporter from The Korea Times at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Jongno-gu, Seoul, Feb. 21, where he attended the 14th annual spring concert hosted by the English daily. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-sukVisitors to the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Jongno-gu, Seoul, wait for the start of the 14th annual spring concert hosted by The Korea Times, Feb 21, in front of the event banner next to the ticket booth. Korea Times

Feb 21, 2019By Ko Dong-hwan

Pre-concert excitement heats annual Korea Times festival [PHOTOS]

No need for winter coats

Young people enjoy the warm spring weather at a beach in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, Thursday, when the city's temperature rose to 8 degrees Celsius. The warm weather is expected to continue over the weekend, with most parts of the nation's midday highs rising above 10 degrees. /Yonhap

Feb 21, 2019By Kim Jae-heun

Congratulations

Students take selfies with their friends after their graduation ceremony at Kyung Hee University, eastern Seoul, Wednesday. / Yonhap

Feb 20, 2019By Kim Jae-heun

Regretting Abe?

A man wearing a mask featuring Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's face lowers his head during the weekly Wednesday Rally held in front of the former Japanese Embassy building in central Seoul, Wednesday. The protests have been held for the past 27 years to urge the Japanese government to make a sincere apology to former victims of its wartime sexual slavery and offer compensation. / Yonhap

Feb 20, 2019By Kim Jae-heun

'Help us find them'

A rally participant reads out the names of the 115 passengers who died in the 1987 bombing of Korean Air flight 858 in front of the Korean Air building in central Seoul, Tuesday. Family members have called for a formal search to retrieve the victims' bodies from the Andaman Sea off the coast of Myanmar. A bomb was smuggled onto the plane by North Korean agents supposedly on the orders of then North Korean leader Kim Il-sung to derail the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. / Yonhap

Feb 19, 2019

Snowy commute

People cross the road in front of Seoul Station, Tuesday, shielding themselves from the heavy snowfall. Heavy snow advisories were issued in the central parts of the country, while southern regions experienced rain instead. / Korea Times photo by Ryu Hyo-jin

Feb 19, 2019

Taximeter upgrading for fare rise

A technician adjusts a taximeter to change the base fare, distance and time to cope with new taxi fare, at a temporary service office at Seoul Grand Park in Gyeonggi Province, Monday. Seoul's base taxi fare rose to 3,800 won ($3.38) from 3,000 won starting Saturday, but many taximeters are yet to be modified. Drivers carry price charts to show the new fare to passengers. / Yonhap

Feb 18, 2019

New Year 'nut-cracking'

Shoppers pick through piles of nuts at a Lotte Mart outlet in Seoul, Sunday, two days before Daeboreum, a traditional holiday celebrating the first full moon of the Lunar New Year. On Daeboreum, Koreans crack nuts with their teeth in the belief that this will keep away skin ulcers in the coming year. / Yonhap

Feb 17, 2019

Compensate forced labor

Family members of Korean who used as forced laborers Mitsubishi Heavy Industries during the 1910-45 Japanese occupation of Korea stage a protest in front of the Japanese firm's headquarters in Tokyo, Friday, urging it to honor two recent rulings of the Korean Supreme Court, in which it ordered Mitsubishi to pay 100 million won to 120 million won to each victim for their unpaid labor. / Yonhap

Feb 15, 2019By Kim Hyun-bin

Early bloom

Japanese apricot flowers bloom on the street in Gwangju, Thursday, as mild weather continued over the past few days. However, temperatures are expected to drop sharply nationwide Friday, with morning lows going down to minus 10 degrees Celsius in Seoul. The cold spell is forecast to continue until early next week. / Yonhap

Feb 14, 2019By Kim Jae-heun

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