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Washington symposium

Experts discuss issues on the Korean Peninsula and in East Asia during the ICAS Fall Symposium in Washington, D.C., Oct 20. The Korea Times and the Heritage Foundation co-organized the symposium. From left are Sang Joo Kim, vice president of the Institute for Corean-American Studies (ICAS); Peter Huessy, president of GeoStrategic Analysis; Joseph A. Bosco, senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); Tong Kim, Washington correspondent and columnist for The Korea Times; David Maxwell, associate director of the Center for Security Studies, Georgetown University; and Bruce Klingner, senior research fellow for Northeast Asia at the Heritage Foundation.                                                                    &n

Diplomatic training

Participants of a diplomatic training program co-organized by the Sejong Institute and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) take the last day of their session at the Sejong Institute in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Friday. The diplomats from 22 developing countries in Africa, Asia and Central and South America attended the program from August./ Courtesy of Sejong Institute

Preparing for winter

A man chops firewood in a village in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, Friday, to prepare for winter. Chilly weather is expected to continue through the weekend nationwide./ Yonhap

Trick or treat!

Children walk around Seorae Village in southern Seoul to get cookies from neighbors, Friday, a day before Halloween./ Yonhap

Meet juniors

Kim Kwan-jin, left, chief of the National Security Office and former defense minister, greets military commanders ahead of an appointment ceremony at Cheong Wa Dae, Thursday. President Park Geun-hye met with newly promoted generals, including Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chairman Um Hyun-seong. / Joint press corps

Icy road

A road in Daegwallyeong, Gangwon Province, is frozen as subzero temperatures hit the region, Thursday. Chilly weather will continue Friday, with mountainous regions in the province having subzero temperatures and Seoul’s morning lows being 3 degrees Celsius. / Yonhap

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Returning home

Two green sea turtles, a species in danger of global extinction, crawl to the sea as employees of the National Marine Biodiversity Instituteof Korea release them on Haeundae Beach in the port city of Busan, Wednesday. The turtles returned to the sea almost one year after they were found injured and underwent rehabilitation. / Yonhap

Rivalry of liberal bigwigs

New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo, left, and Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon greet each other during a forum hosted by the liberal Hankyoreh newspaper in Seoul, Wednesday. Ahn and Park, who are considered potential liberal candidates in the next presidential race, met for the first time since they attended a memorial ceremony for the late former President Kim Dae-jung in August. Ahn paved the way for Park’s election as Seoul mayor in 2011 after renouncing his mayoral candidacy,  and supporting Park although he was leading in the polls by a large margin./ Courtesy of Hankyoreh

Real fish?

Children look at a robot fish at Robotworld 2015, an international robot show, at the KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday. The event runs through Saturday. / Yonhap