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Power of typhoon

A traffic light that fell onto a street in Busan due to strong winds from Typhoon Goni, Tuesday. The typhoon destroyed facilities mainly in the southeastern parts of the country and brought heavy rain as well, with some regions in Gangwon Province getting more than 250 millimeters of rainfall. / Yonhap

Fall from grace

Former Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook wipes her eyes as she walks into the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, Monday. She was sentenced to two years in prison for talking bribes after the Supreme Court upheld a high court’s guilty verdict against her last week. / Yonhap

Unhealed scars

Yang Geum-deok, one of many Korean victims who were forced to work for Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries during World War II, weeps at the funeral of Choi Hyun-yeol near Gwangju City Hall, Sunday. The 80-year old Korean man died after setting himself on fire early this month in a protest calling for the Japanese government and the company to apologize for forcing Koreans to work for them. / Yonhap

PM's words of comfort

Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, second from left, speaks to border-area residents who are currently at an evacuation shelter in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Sunday. Inspecting the shelter, Hwang told residents to trust and cooperate with the government as it deals with heightened military tension with North Korea./ Yonhap

Crab season begins

Fishermen sort out blue crabs at a fish market in Taean, South Chungcheong Province, Friday, when the season for catching them opened. / Yonhap

British envoy to NK visits Seoul

Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo, left, greets British Ambassador to North Korea Michael Gifford, right, and British Ambassador to South Korea Charles Hay at Hong’s office in downtown Seoul, Thursday. Hong invited the two British envoys to discuss the latest security issues on the Korean Peninsula, the ministry said. / Yonhap

Stocks extend falls

A screen in a dealing room of Korea Exchange Bank shows the benchmark stock index KOSPI falling 1.28 percent to 1,914.55 on Thursday. / Yonhap

Park meets US senator

President Park Geun-hye welcomes U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, the chairman of the U.S. Foreign Relations’ Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific and International Cybersecurity Policy, ahead of their talks at Cheong Wa Dae, Wednesday. They discussed the ROK-U.S. alliance and North Korea issues, according to the presidential office. Gardner arrived in Seoul on Tuesday for a three-day visit to enhance his understanding of situations in Northeast Asia./ Joint Press Corps

At standstill

Cars are stopped on a street near City Hall in central Seoul during a civil defense drill, Wednesday. The nationwide drill is held five times a year in Korea, which is technically still at war with North Korea./ Yonhap

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