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LKP's new floor leader elected

Rep. Na Kyung-won, second from left, celebrates after being elected as the new floor leader of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) during a party meeting at the National Assembly, Tuesday. Rep. Jeong Yong-ki, second from right, who ran as Na's running mate, was also elected as its chief policymaker. With them is the party's interim leader Kim Byong-joon. Na became the first female floor leader of the conservative party, replacing Rep. Kim Sung-tae. Yonhap

Dec 11, 2018By Park Ji-won

Starting Kuwait airport operation

Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC) CEO Chung Il-young, right, along with Al-Salem Al-Homoud Al-Sabah, center, general directorate of Kuwait Civil Aviation, and Yousef Al-Jassem, chairman of Kuwait Airways, takes part in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of Terminal 4 at the Kuwait International Airport, Sunday. The IIAC will manage and operate the airport. / Courtesy of IIAC

Dec 11, 2018By Kim Hyun-bin

Frozen water meters

Water gauges are frozen and ruptured at a branch of Seoul City's Office of Waterworks, as temperatures in the capital fell to minus 11 degrees Celsius, Sunday. The office received more than 100 reports of water gauges bursting since Friday. The cold spell will continue until Monday morning with Seoul reaching minus 7 degrees, but will rise above freezing in the afternoon, according to the Korean Meteorological Administration. / Korea Times photo by Ko Young-kwon

Dec 9, 2018

Cold snap

Icicles are formed on rocks alongside a road in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, Friday, as this year's strongest cold wave swept the country. Seoul's temperatures are forecast to dip to 10 degrees Celsius below zero over the weekend. Yonhap

Dec 7, 2018By Kim Hyun-bin

The Korea Times reunion

President and Publisher of The Korea Times Lee Byeong-eon, third from right in front row, poses with former Korea Times journalists during a year-end dinner in Seoul, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Kim Hyun-bin

Dec 6, 2018By Kim Hyun-bin

Another former comfort woman dies

A portrait of Kim Soon-ok, a former comfort woman, is set up in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, Wednesday, after the 94 year-old passed away earlier in the day. Historians say as many as 200,000 women, most of them Korean, were forced to work in Japan's military brothels before and during World War II. Currently, only 26 out of 240 who officially registered with the Korean government are still alive. / Yonhap

Dec 5, 2018By Kim Hyun-bin

For better work environment

Workers at the Ministry of Employment and Labor's call center demand the government hire them as regular employees, during a protest near Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Monday. The call center workers, who provide counseling on various labor-related problems, claimed they themselves experience discrimination in working conditions compared to regular workers who do the same job. / Yonhap

Dec 4, 2018

Preparing for winter food

A woman dries radish leaves at a farm in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday. Dried radish greens are one of Korea's cold-weather delicacies, providing vitamins during winter when fresh greens are not easily available. / Yonhap

Dec 2, 2018By Kim Jae-heun

Climbing Santa Clauses

Members of a mountaineering club, clad in Santa Claus outfits, pose on top of Mount Bukhan in Seoul, Sunday, to celebrate the launch of the Salvation Army's Kettle campaign. The charity event will run near the mountain every Saturday and Sunday in December. / Yonhap

Dec 2, 2018By Kang Seung-woo

Analyzing flight data

Asiana Airlines Senior Executive Vice President Akiyoshi Yamamura, right, and Carlos Ricarte, director of CEFA Aviation, check an advanced-level Flight Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA) system, Friday. The upgraded system helps the carrier to better analyze different types of flight data. Courtesy of Asiana Airlines

Nov 30, 2018By Kim Hyun-bin

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