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President Yoon Suk Yeol bows to Navy Capt. Elmer Royce Williams, center, and retired Army Col. Ralph Puckett, left, before awarding the Taegeuk Order of Military Merit, the highest military order, during a luncheon celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Korea-U.S. alliance at a hotel in Washington on Tuesday. The late Baldomero Lopez, a first lieutenant who served in the Marine Corps, was also awarded the Taegeuk Order of Military Merit posthumously. His nephew received the order on behalf of the late Lopez. [YONHAP]

Living history

President Yoon Suk Yeol awarded Navy Capt. Elmer Royce Williams, retired Army Col. Ralph Puckett and Marine Corps first lieutenant Baldomero Lopez the Taegeuk Order of Military Merit, for their service during the Korean War.

The Korean and U.S. national flags hang on the wall of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington in celebration of the state visit by Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday. Yoon is the first Korean president to have been invited as a state guest in 12 years and the second to be invited by President Joe Biden after the French President Emmanuel Macron. [YONHAP]

Welcoming Yoon

An Asian badger is seen on a mountain trail on Mount Palgong, near a Buddhist temple in Daegu on Monday. The picture was taken by a passerby who crossed paths with the animal, first believed to be a bear, at 6 a.m. that day, according to the Palgongsan Natural Park office. [PALGONGSAN NATURAL PARK]

Lions, tigers, badgers?

A photo of Korea's second homegrown 3,000-ton submarine, the ROKS Ahn Mu, named after the renowned Korean independence fighter. The submarine carrying six ballistic missiles was commissioned at the Okpo shipyard of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Geoje, South Gyeongsang, on Thursday. [YONHAP]

Subs on show

Police conduct a DUI stop in front of an elementary school in Jeju on Thursday. The police are conducting special DUI stops through May, especially near school zones. The death of nine-year-old girl Bae Seung-ah after she was hit by a drunk driver in a school zone on April 8 prompted nationwide outrage. Her dead followed the death of another nine-year-old child in a drunk driving accident in Gangnam, southern Seoul, last December. [NEWS1]

War on drunk driving

A person jet skis on the Han River on Wednesday. Due to the warm southerly wind, the weather on the Korean Peninsula was like early summer, with the temperature in Seoul rising to 28.2 degrees Celsius (82.7 Fahrenheit ), the hottest so far this year. It was also the hottest day in April in 34 years. The current record is 29.1 degree Celsius recorded in 1989. [NEWS1]

Hot spring day

A young elementary student sits in front of the tomb of someone who fell during the April Revolution of 1960 at the April 19th National Cemetery in Suyu-dong, Gangbuk District, northern Seoul, Tuesday. The revolution, often simply referred to as April 19, was a protest movement against Korea’s first president Syngman Rhee, who resigned as a result of the uprising. The protests started when the body of a high school student, who was killed by the police while demonstrating against a rigged election, was found. Some 186 people lost their lives during the movement. [YONHAP]

April's fallen martyrs

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Flowers in front of an apartment door in Michuhol District, Incheon, on Monday lament a former tenant of the apartment who committed suicide after jumping from the apartment at 2 a.m. In a suicide note, the tenant apologized to her family of being the victim of a long-term rent deposit scam. This is the third suicide connected to the scam. [YONHAP]

Another victim

The tenant of the apartment in a suicide note apologized to her family of being the victim of a long-term rent deposit scam. This is the third suicide connected to the scam.

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Yellow haze

Yellow dust blankets Incheon while obscuring the view of the landmark Incheon Bridge on Thursday. Yellow dust from China has choked the entire country for the last two days.

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A view of the 7.26 kilometer (4.5 mile) road on the Second Gyeongin Expressway in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi, on Thursday. The road has been under construction since December after five people were killed in a fire that broke out inside the noise-barrier tunnel. The blaze started from a five-ton garbage truck and rapidly engulfed the tunnel. The tunnel will officially be reopened from Sunday at 5 p.m., according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. [YONHAP]

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A view of the 7.26 kilometer road on the Second Gyeongin Expressway in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi, on Thursday. The road has been under construction since December after five people were killed in a fire that broke out inside the noise-barrier tunnel.

2023.4.13

'Giddy'

Girl group Kep1er performs the lead track “Giddy” from its fourth EP “Lovestruck!” during Monday’s showcase at the Yes24 Live Hall in Gwangjin District, eastern Seoul. Disco-punk track “Giddy” sings about the dizzy and thrilling feelings of ...

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60 with the Swiss

People pose in front of a cardboard box drawing depicting a scene in Switzerland at the Gyeongui Line Book Street in Mapo District, western Seoul, on Sunday. This year marks the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Switzerland.

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Easter parade

An Easter parade is held in Gwanghwamun in front of Gyeongbok Palace on Sunday. According to the parade organizers, the United Christian Churches of Korea, a marching band, horses and a group of unicycles participated.

2023.4.9

Crowd control drills

Crowd control officers practice emergency drills for crowd surges at the Seoul Mobile Police Headquarters in Jung District, central Seoul, on Thursday.

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Democratic Party (DP) representatives led by Yang-Yi Won-young, center, hold a press conference in front of the Japanese embassy in central Seoul, Wednesday to criticize Japan’s push to release contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. The DP plans to travel to Japan to raise the issue. The DP accused President Yoon Suk Yeol of having discussed permitting the import of seafood from Fukushima during his summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last month. The government has denied the accusation. [YONHAP]

DP lawmakers criticize Japan

The DP accused President Yoon Suk Yeol of having discussed permitting the import of seafood from Fukushima during his summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last month. The government has denied the accusation.

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Black Eagles, pink blossoms

The Black Eagles, the Korean Air Force’s demonstration team, files over Seoul to celebrate the start of the cherry blossom festival in Yeouido, Seoul. The festival officially kicked off Tuesday and will run through Sunday.

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President Yoon Suk Yeol, center left, and first lady Kim Keon-hee, center right, pose for a commemorative photo with a visiting delegation of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) overseeing Busan's World Expo 2030 bid at a banquet at the Blue House Sangchunjae in central Seoul Monday. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

Yoon says 'Busan is ready' at banquet for BIE delegation

President Yoon Suk Yeol said Korea is ready to share its experiences with the world at a banquet welcoming a visiting delegation of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) overseeing Busan's World Expo 2030 bid on Monday.

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