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South Korea: Fire Breaks Out at Seoul Convention Center, Prompting Evacuation

A fire broke out at the COEX convention center in Gangnam District, southern Seoul on Friday, April 25, prompting an evacuation of the building.

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Monkeys in hot spring

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese macaques soak in an outdoor hot spring at the Jigokudani monkey park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 15, 2014. The sight "snow monkeys" soaking in an outdoor hot spring is popular among tourists from Japan and abroad.

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Monkeys in hot spring

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese macaques cling to a hot water pipe at the Jigokudani monkey park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 14, 2014. The sight of "snow monkeys" soaking in an outdoor hot spring is popular among tourists from Japan and abroad.

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Monkeys in hot spring

TOKYO, Japan - A young Japanese macaque touches a tourist's camera at the Jigokudani monkey park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 15, 2014. The sight of monkeys soaking in an outdoor hot spring is popular as "snow monkeys" among tourists from Japan and abroad.

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Monkeys in hot spring

TOKYO, Japan - Tourists take photos of Japanese macaques soaking in an outdoor hot spring at the Jigokudani monkey park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 15, 2014. The sight is popular "snow monkeys" among tourists from Japan and abroad.

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Monkeys in hot spring

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese macaques soak in an outdoor hot spring at the Jigokudani monkey park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 14, 2014. The sight "snow monkeys" soaking is popular among tourists from Japan and abroad.

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Author of book on legendary monkey boss visits park

OITA, Japan - Author Eri Eguchi (L) views monkeys at a nature park on Mt. Takasaki in Oita, southwestern Japan, in this file photo taken in October 2014. She has published a book on Benz, a legendary boss of a monkey group at the park.

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Book published on legendary boss of Japan monkey group

OITA, Japan - Eri Eguchi shows off her book on Benz, a legendary boss of a Japanese monkey group at a nature park on Mt. Takasaki in Oita, southwestern Japan, in this file photo taken in October 2014.

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Tourists visit 'monkey school' museum

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Tourists visit a museum in Nikko, eastern Japan, on Oct. 4, 2014, exhibiting uniforms and other stage items used in a "monkey school" show at the Nikko Saru Gundan (Nikko Money Company) theme park closed late last year.

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Monkey 'Bentsu' was Oita park's major attraction

OITA, Japan - Photo taken in late October 2013 shows then alpha male monkey "Bentsu" at the Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in southwestern Japan. The monkey, which was declared dead in January after his disappearance, apparently helped the zoo attract more than 300,000 visitors in fiscal 2013 for the first time in six years.

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Japanese mountain park's monkey colony gets new boss

OITA, Japan - Nanchu, new alpha male of a monkey colony at the Takasaki Mountain Natural Park in Oita, southwestern Japan, eats a sliced apple during his inauguration ceremony on March 2, 2014.

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Graduation ceremony held for popular monkey group in Nikko

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A member of a popular monkey performance group at the Nikko Saru Gundan theme park receives a diploma at a "graduation ceremony" in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2013. The park opened in 1992 in Nikko, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan, and became popular because of the monkey performances. But it will close at the end of this year because foreign monkey trainers left Japan after the devastating 2011 earthquake.

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Graduation ceremony held for popular monkey group in Nikko

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshio Manaka, president of the Nikko Saru Gundan theme park, reads a diploma during a "graduation ceremony" in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2013. The park opened in 1992 in Nikko, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan, and became popular because of the monkey performances. But it will close at the end of this year because foreign monkey trainers left Japan after the devastating 2011 earthquake.

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Graduation ceremony held for popular monkey group in Nikko

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A popular group of monkeys attend a "graduation ceremony" at the Nikko Saru Gundan theme park in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2013. The park opened in 1992 in Nikko, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan, and became popular because of the monkey performances. But it will close at the end of this year because foreign monkey trainers left Japan after the devastating 2011 earthquake.

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Monkey boss

OITA, Japan - Male monkey ''Benz,'' believed to be 32 years old, ''attends'' a ceremony Feb. 11, 2011, to mark his becoming the boss of an 816-monkey group at a wilderness park in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Violent monkey caught again

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Japanese macaque named Lucky is caught and returned to its cage at Rakujuen park in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 25, 2011, a day after it escaped. The monkey was first captured in October 2010 for violent attacks on people and was kept at the park.

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Violent monkey escapes

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Photo shows a cage at Rakujuen park in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 24, 2011. A Japanese macaque named Lucky, caught in October 2010 after reportedly biting, scratching and jumping on more than 100 people, escaped from the cage earlier the same day.

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Violent monkey escapes

SHIZUOKA, Japan - File photo shows a monkey kept at Rakujuen park in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, in December 2010. The Japanese macaque named Lucky, caught in October 2010 after reportedly biting, scratching and jumping on more than 100 people, escaped from its cage in the park on Jan. 24, 2011.

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Bonfire-loving monkeys on show in Aichi monkey park

NAGOYA, Japan - A herd of Yaku monkeys in Japan Monkey Park in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture huddle around a bonfire in the park to keep warm. Most monkeys are by nature afraid of fire but these Yaku monkeys, native of Yakushima island in Kagoshima Prefecture, have apparently overcome their fear after park officials started making a bonfire inside the park every year in 1959. The bonfire-loving monkeys will be shown to the public everyday from Dec. 22 to Jan. 6, and during weekends and public holidays from Jan. 12 to Feb. 24.

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Bonfire-loving monkeys on show in Aichi monkey park

NAGOYA, Japan - A herd of Yaku monkeys in Japan Monkey Park in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture huddle around a bonfire in the park to keep warm. Most monkeys are by nature afraid of fire but these Yaku monkeys, native of Yakushima island in Kagoshima Prefecture, have apparently overcome their fear after park officials started making a bonfire inside the park every year in 1959. The bonfire-loving monkeys will be shown to the public everyday from Dec. 22 to Jan. 6, and during weekends and public holidays from Jan. 12 to Feb. 24.

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Monkeys find escape from severe weather in hot springs

YAMANOUCHI, Japan - Monkeys warm themselves in hot springs at a monkey park in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, on Dec. 24 as heavy snowfalls hit the Japanese archipelago.

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Heat wave sends Wakayama wild monkeys to ocean

TANABE, Japan - Wild monkeys at a monkey park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, dive into the Pacific Ocean and enjoy swimming near the park on July 5. Among some 330 wild monkeys roaming the seaside park, a number of 3- and 4-year-old monkeys dived and swam during morning and evening meal times, according to park officials.

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Heat wave sends Wakayama wild monkeys to ocean

TANABE, Japan - Wild monkeys at a monkey park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, dive into the Pacific Ocean and enjoy swimming near the park on July 5. Among some 330 wild monkeys roaming the seaside park, a number of 3- and 4-year-old monkeys dived and swam during morning and evening meal times, according to park officials.

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Image of monkeys created on ground with 15,000 pine cones

Photo taken Dec. 12, 2015, at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, eastern Japan, shows an image of two monkeys, measuring 25 meters by 25 meters, created with 15,000 pine cones and other natural materials. Park staff and visitors spent about two weeks to create the image in commemoration of the year of the monkey for 2016. The image will be on display until Jan. 11. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monkey park in Oita, Japan

Monkeys are pictured at Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in Oita, Japan, on Oct. 25, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monkey park in Oita, Japan

Monkeys are pictured at Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in Oita, Japan, on Oct. 25, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monkeys find escape from severe weather in hot springs

YAMANOUCHI, Japan - Monkeys warm themselves in hot springs at a monkey park in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, on Dec. 24 as heavy snowfalls hit the Japanese archipelago. (Kyodo)

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Bonfire-loving monkeys on show in Aichi monkey park

NAGOYA, Japan - A herd of Yaku monkeys in Japan Monkey Park in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture huddle around a bonfire in the park to keep warm. Most monkeys are by nature afraid of fire but these Yaku monkeys, native of Yakushima island in Kagoshima Prefecture, have apparently overcome their fear after park officials started making a bonfire inside the park every year in 1959. The bonfire-loving monkeys will be shown to the public everyday from Dec. 22 to Jan. 6, and during weekends and public holidays from Jan. 12 to Feb. 24. (Kyodo)

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Bonfire-loving monkeys on show in Aichi monkey park

NAGOYA, Japan - A herd of Yaku monkeys in Japan Monkey Park in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture huddle around a bonfire in the park to keep warm. Most monkeys are by nature afraid of fire but these Yaku monkeys, native of Yakushima island in Kagoshima Prefecture, have apparently overcome their fear after park officials started making a bonfire inside the park every year in 1959. The bonfire-loving monkeys will be shown to the public everyday from Dec. 22 to Jan. 6, and during weekends and public holidays from Jan. 12 to Feb. 24. (Kyodo)

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Monkey boss

OITA, Japan - Male monkey ''Benz,'' believed to be 32 years old, ''attends'' a ceremony Feb. 11, 2011, to mark his becoming the boss of an 816-monkey group at a wilderness park in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Book published on legendary boss of Japan monkey group

OITA, Japan - Eri Eguchi shows off her book on Benz, a legendary boss of a Japanese monkey group at a nature park on Mt. Takasaki in Oita, southwestern Japan, in this file photo taken in October 2014. (Kyodo)

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Tourists visit 'monkey school' museum

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Tourists visit a museum in Nikko, eastern Japan, on Oct. 4, 2014, exhibiting uniforms and other stage items used in a "monkey school" show at the Nikko Saru Gundan (Nikko Money Company) theme park closed late last year. (Kyodo)

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Violent monkey caught again

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Japanese macaque named Lucky is caught and returned to its cage at Rakujuen park in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 25, 2011, a day after it escaped. The monkey was first captured in October 2010 for violent attacks on people and was kept at the park. (Kyodo)

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Violent monkey escapes

SHIZUOKA, Japan - File photo shows a monkey kept at Rakujuen park in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, in December 2010. The Japanese macaque named Lucky, caught in October 2010 after reportedly biting, scratching and jumping on more than 100 people, escaped from its cage in the park on Jan. 24, 2011. (Kyodo)

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New coronavirus

A boy (front C) has his hands disinfected at the Japan Monkey Park amusement complex in Inuyama in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on May 17, 2020. The complex reopened a day earlier amid signs of improvement in the coronavirus situation in Aichi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

A girl rides on a merry-go-round at the Japan Monkey Park amusement complex in Inuyama in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on May 17, 2020. The complex reopened a day earlier amid signs of improvement in the coronavirus situation in Aichi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monkey park in central Japan

A visitor takes photos of monkeys at Hagachizaki Monkey Bay in Minamiizu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on May 7, 2020. The park where about 300 wild monkeys inhabit the premises facing Suruga Bay reopened the same day after being forced to close in September 2019 due to financial difficulty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monkey park in central Japan

A visitor watches a monkey at Hagachizaki Monkey Bay in Minamiizu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on May 7, 2020. The park where about 300 wild monkeys inhabit the premises facing Suruga Bay reopened the same day after being forced to close in September 2019 due to financial difficulty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monkey park in central Japan

Visitors feed monkeys at Hagachizaki Monkey Bay in Minamiizu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on May 7, 2020. The park where about 300 wild monkeys inhabit the premises facing Suruga Bay reopened the same day after being forced to close in September 2019 due to financial difficulty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monkeys in Japanese hot spring

Japanese snow monkeys bathe in a hot spring in a monkey park in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 24, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monkey in Japanese hot spring

A Japanese snow monkey bathes in a hot spring in a monkey park in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 24, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Express train in central Japan

Photo taken Feb. 26, 2019, shows the Snow Monkey limited express on the Nagano Dentetsu Line in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. The company sells a Snow Monkey Pass, covering transportation and admission fees to the Jigokudani Yaen-Koen wild monkey park, famous for monkeys that bathe in a hot spring. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Express train in central Japan

Photo taken Feb. 26, 2019, shows the Snow Monkey limited express on the Nagano Dentetsu Line in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. The company sells a Snow Monkey Pass, covering transportation and admission fees to the Jigokudani Yaen-Koen wild monkey park, famous for monkeys that bathe in a hot spring. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo