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For labor-friendly Constitution

National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun, center, poses with Federation of Korean Trade Unions Chairman Kim Ju-young, left, and Korean Confederation of Trade Unions Chairman Kim Myeong-hwan, in the National Assembly, Tuesday. The two umbrella unions delivered their joint proposals for constitutional revision. The proposals call for improving workers' rights and fairer relations with management. / Yonhap

Race for Seoul mayor

Three contenders for the ruling Democratic Party of Korea's (DPK) candidacy for the Seoul mayoral election ― from left, Rep. Woo Sang-ho, incumbent Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon and Rep. Park Young-sun ― pose ahead of interviews by the party's nomination committee, Monday. The party decided to hold run-off votes for primaries when over three people vie for the party's candidacy for mayoral and gubernatorial elections on June 13. / Yonhap

In preparation for Moon-Kim summit

Presidential chief of staff Im Jong-seok, right, who chairs the preparatory committee for the inter-Korean summit, enters a meeting room in Cheong Wa Dae, Friday, along with National Security Office chief Chung Eui-yong, center, and National Intelligence Service head Suh Hoon. Participants were briefed about the inter-Korean high-level meeting held the previous day, and discussed how to prepare for the summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, which will take place April 27 at the Peace House in the truce village of Panmunjeom. Chung and Suh visited North Korea and met Kim in early March as Moon's special envoys. / Korea Times photo by Koh Young-kwon

Mexican envoy

Mexican Ambassador to Korea Bruno Figueroa, left, shakes hands with The Korea Times President-Publisher Lee Byeong-eon after making a courtesy call to the newsroom in Seoul, Thursday. / Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Human rights chief meets Swiss envoy

Human rights chief meets Swiss: Swiss envoy meets human rights chief in Seoul: Swiss Ambassador to Korea Linus von Castelmur, right, and Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs State Secretary Pascale Baeriswyl, second from right, listen to National Human Rights Commission Chairman Lee Sung-ho, left, during their visit to the commission in central Seoul, March 8. The meeting took place two days after the EU delegation organized a seminar for positive media reporting on human rights of disabled people on the occasion of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics. / Yonhap

Courtesy visit

Lee Chang-sup, left, president-publisher of The Korea Times, shakes hands with Abida Islam, Bangladeshi ambassador to Seoul, during the latter’s visit to the newspaper’s office in central Seoul, Wednesday. / Korea Times

Merger preparation

Bareun Party Chairman Yoo Seong-min, left, and People’s Party Chairman Ahn Cheol-soo take part in a joint committee meeting to discuss the two parties' merger, Friday. The committee decided to name the merged entity the Mirae Party (mirae means “future” in Korean). / Yonhap

Paradise for unions?

Hong Joon-pyo, right, chairman of the Liberty Korea Party, speaks with Park Yong-maan, chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) during Hong’s visit to the KCCI office, Seoul, Thursday. Hong claimed South Korea is becoming the paradise for labor unions, saying the Moon Jae-in administration’s “labor-first” economic policy is ruining the country. / Yonhap

2018 Imjin Classic

Patriots and Veterans Affairs Minister Pi Woo-jin, center drops the puck at a hockey game between Korean andCanadian teams, dubbed the “2018 Imjin Classic,” at Yulgok Wetland Park in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Friday. The name of the event refers to the Imjin River where soldiers from Canada played hockey on the frozen river during the Korean War. The event was organized to promote the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. / Yonhap

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