SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-RALLY AGAINST MILITARY DRILL

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-RALLY AGAINST MILITARY DRILL

(230821) -- SEOUL, Aug. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People holding placards attend a rally in downtown Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 21, 2023. A group of South Korean peace activists on Monday held a rally against the joint military drill with the United States that kicked off earlier in the day. The activists from the Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK) gathered near the presidential office in central Seoul, where the defense ministry is also headquartered, to call for peace on the Korean Peninsula. (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

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