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Wed, July 18, 2018 | 13:54

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Peace messengers

The United Nations Staff Recreation Council Singers perform at Camp Greaves, a former U.S. military base near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Sunday. The choir visited Korea for the first time to mark the 70th anniversary of its foundation and deliver a wish for peaceful unification of the two Koreas. / Yonhap

Photo News | 2017-08-27 19:29

Border inspection

Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, commander of the III Marine Expeditionary Force of the United States, looks across the inter-Korean sea border at the North Korean side, along with Lt. Gen. Jun Jin-goo, commander of South Korea’s Marine Corps, during their visit to Maldo, an island near the Northern Limit Line, Friday. Nicholson’s units, based in Japan, would be among...

Photo News | 2017-08-25 20:27

Civil defense drill

Children are shown how to wear gas masks during civil defense training inside a tunnel near the Demilitarized Zone in Hwacheon, Gangwon Province, Wednesday, amidst rising tension between the two Koreas. / Yonhap

Photo News | 2017-08-23 21:29

Resume projects in North Korea

Businesspeople who invested in the now-stalled tourism and economic cooperation projects in North Korea hold a press conference at the National Assembly, Tuesday, urging the government to make efforts to resume the projects and compensate the concerned companies for their losses. / Yonhap

Photo News | 2017-08-22 17:06

Generals' meeting

Gen. Jeong Kyeong-doo, left, chairman of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with Gen. John Hyten, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, during their visit to the command post for the annual Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) joint exercises, Monday. Hyten and U.S. Pacific Command chief Adm. Harry Harris are visiting Seoul to oversee the drills and discuss counterme...

Photo News | 2017-08-21 17:12

Defending Dokdo

Marines conduct an exercise in the sea off Ulleung Island in the East Sea, Sunday. More than 90 Marines are participating in the month-long drills that kicked off last week. The drills are aimed to defend the island and Dokdo, the country’s easternmost islets. The biggest number of Marines is participating in the regular exercise that began in 2013. / Yonhap

Photo News | 2017-08-20 16:55

People's Party race

Four candidates running for the People’s Party leadership pose hand in hand ahead of a debate held at the National Assembly, Wednesday. From left are two-term lawmaker Lee Un-ju; four-term lawmaker Chung Dong-young; former party presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo; and six-term lawmaker Chun Jung-bae. The election is slated for Aug. 27. / Yonhap

Photo News | 2017-08-16 16:25

Moon with Gwangju hero's wife

President Moon Jae-in holds hands with Edeltraut Brahmstaedt, the widow of Jurgen Hinzpeter, a German journalist who covered the Gwangju pro-democracy movement in 1980, at a cinema in Yonsan, Seoul, after watching together “A Taxi Driver,” a movie based on the true story of her late husband, Sunday. The movie is about Hinzpeter who, as a correspondent, reported th...

Photo News | 2017-08-13 16:17

Begin dialogue!

Activists hold a rally near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, Thursday, calling on the U.S. and North Korea to stop threatening each other and begin dialogue "unconditionally." In a press conference, they urged Seoul and Washington to suspend their joint military drills and take a conciliatory approach toward North Korea. /Yonhap

Photo News | 2017-08-10 21:11

Submarine inspection

President Moon Jae-in talks with Navy officials inside the 1,800-ton submarine An Jung-geun at the Navy Submarine Force Command in Jinhae, South Gyeongsang Province, where he has been spending his holiday, Thursday. There, he was briefed about the current conditions of the command and inspected the capabilities and weapons systems of the submarine, Cheong Wa Dae said Friday. ...

Photo News | 2017-08-04 17:00

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