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Celebrates 80th Anniversary Of Korea'S Liberation - Seoul

People perform during an event marking the 80th anniversary of the Korean Peninsula's liberation from the 1910-45 Japanese colonial rule in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 15, 2025. Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebrates 80th Anniversary Of Korea'S Liberation - Seoul

People perform during an event marking the 80th anniversary of the Korean Peninsula's liberation from the 1910-45 Japanese colonial rule in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 15, 2025. Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Russian delegation to N. Korea

Members of a Russian delegation are pictured in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on Aug. 14, 2025. The delegation, including State Duma chair Vyacheslav Volodin, is expected to attend a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Korean Peninsula's liberation from Japanese colonial rule.

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World Exposition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan, May 14 Kyodo - A parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period (17th-19th century) is held at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 13, 2025, marking the event's South Korean day. (Kyodo)

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World Exposition in Osaka

A parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period (17th-19th century) is held at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 13, 2025, marking the event's South Korean day.

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World Exposition in Osaka

A parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period (17th-19th century) is held at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 13, 2025, marking the event's South Korean day.

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World Exposition in Osaka

A parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period (17th-19th century) is held at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 13, 2025, marking the event's South Korean day.

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World Exposition in Osaka

A parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period (17th-19th century) is held at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 13, 2025, marking the event's South Korean day.

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93rd anniv. of founding of Korean People's Revolutionary Army

People march in Pyongyang on April 25, 2025, with photos of participants in the anti-Japanese partisans movement during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, to celebrate the 93rd anniversary the same day of the founding of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army.

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93rd anniv. of founding of Korean People's Revolutionary Army

People march in Pyongyang on April 25, 2025, with photos of participants in the anti-Japanese partisans movement during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, to celebrate the 93rd anniversary the same day of the founding of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army.

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U.S.-S. Korea military exercise

U.S. and South Korean Navy and Marine Corps personnel take part in a joint exercise on a beach in Pohang on the Korean peninsula's east coast on Sept. 2, 2024.

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U.S.-S. Korea military exercise

U.S. and South Korean Navy and Marine Corps personnel take part in a joint exercise on a beach in Pohang on the Korean peninsula's east coast on Sept. 2, 2024.

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Historical ship replica arrives in Shimonoseki

A replica of a ship that carried diplomatic missions from the Joseon dynasty in the Korean Peninsula to Japan during the Edo period is pictured in Shimonoseki in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi on Aug. 24, 2024, as a ceremony welcoming the ship's arrival is held the same day.

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Historical ship replica arrives in Shimonoseki

A replica of a ship that carried diplomatic missions from the Joseon dynasty in the Korean Peninsula to Japan during the Edo period is pictured in Shimonoseki in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi on Aug. 24, 2024, as a ceremony welcoming the ship's arrival is held the same day.

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Historical ship replica arrives in Shimonoseki

A ceremony is held to welcome the arrival of a replica of a ship that carried diplomatic missions from the Joseon dynasty in the Korean Peninsula to Japan during the Edo period, in Shimonoseki in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi on Aug. 24, 2024.

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South Korea: Typhoon Jongdari Brings Heavy Rainfall, Strong Winds 3

Typhoon Jongdari brought heavy rainfall accompanied by strong winds to parts of South Korea on Tuesday, August 20, as it continued to move northward.

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South Korea: Typhoon Jongdari Brings Heavy Rainfall, Strong Winds 2

Typhoon Jongdari brought heavy rainfall accompanied by strong winds to parts of South Korea on Tuesday, August 20, as it continued to move northward.

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South Korea: Typhoon Jongdari Brings Heavy Rainfall, Strong Winds

Typhoon Jongdari brought heavy rainfall accompanied by strong winds to parts of South Korean on Tuesday, August 20 as it continued to move northward.

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Protest Against South Korea's Joint Military Exercise With US - Seoul

People gather at a rally to protest against South Korea's joint military exercise with the United States in front of the presidential office in central Seoul, South Korea, August 19, 2024. South Korean peace groups held a rally Monday to protest against the Asian country's joint military exercise with the United States, which they said has boosted confrontation and war crisis on and around the Korean Peninsula. Photo by Xinhua/Yao Qilin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest Against South Korea's Joint Military Exercise With US - Seoul

People gather at a rally to protest against South Korea's joint military exercise with the United States in front of the presidential office in central Seoul, South Korea, August 19, 2024. South Korean peace groups held a rally Monday to protest against the Asian country's joint military exercise with the United States, which they said has boosted confrontation and war crisis on and around the Korean Peninsula. Photo by Xinhua/Yao Qilin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protest over "comfort women" issue in Seoul

A protest is held for the resolution of the issue of "comfort women," a euphemistic term for women from the Korean Peninsula and elsewhere forced to work at wartime Japanese military brothels, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Aug. 14, 2024, the memorial day for Korean "comfort women."

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LAOS-VIENTIANE-SUN WEIDONG-INTERVIEW

(240610) -- VIENTIANE, June 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Vientiane, Laos on June 8, 2024. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong led a delegation to Laos to attend senior officials' meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-China, Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), as well as the East Asia Summit and the ASEAN Regional Forum from June 7 to June 8. Sun told media after the meetings that the participants exchanged views on such issues as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Ukraine crisis, the Korean Peninsula, Myanmar, climate change, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhao Xu)

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LAOS-VIENTIANE-SUN WEIDONG-INTERVIEW

(240610) -- VIENTIANE, June 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Vientiane, Laos on June 8, 2024. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong led a delegation to Laos to attend senior officials' meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-China, Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), as well as the East Asia Summit and the ASEAN Regional Forum from June 7 to June 8. Sun told media after the meetings that the participants exchanged views on such issues as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Ukraine crisis, the Korean Peninsula, Myanmar, climate change, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. (Xinhua/Zhao Xu)

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S. Korean activists clamor for end to military exercise with U.S.

STORY: S. Korean activists clamor for end to military exercise with U.S. SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 28, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 29, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:31 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rally 2. SOUNDBITE (Korean): LEE TAE-HO, Rally participant STORYLINE: Dozens of South Korean peace activists on Wednesday clamored for an end to the Asian country's scheduled military exercise with the United States, which they said has served to escalate tensions on and around the Korean Peninsula. The activists gathered at a square across the street from the U.S. embassy in central Seoul to demand stopping the South Korea-U.S. joint military exercise Freedom Shield (FS), which this year is set to last from March 4 to 14. Holding up banners and placards with the slogans "We want peace" and "Stop all military actions and hostilities that bring on war and restore dialogue channels", the participants shouted, "Stop the war-causing military action." SOUNDBITE (Korean): LEE TAE-HO, Rally participant "There

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3-way talks on Korean Peninsula

Kim Gunn (C), South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, Jung Pak (R) and Hiroyuki Namazu, pose for a photo before their talks in Seoul on Jan. 18, 2024. (Pool photo)

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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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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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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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S. Koreans stage candlelight vigil against joint military drill with U.S.

STORY: S. Koreans stage candlelight vigil against joint military drill with U.S. DATELINE: Aug. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the candlelight vigil 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Korean): HWANG NAM-SUN, Peace activist STORYLINE: A group of South Korean peace activists and ordinary people staged a candlelight vigil in central Seoul on Friday to express their stern opposition to an upcoming joint military exercise with the United States. Holding a candle in one hand, each participant shouted slogans of "Stop war exercise," and "Stop hostilities and go to peace now." Against the backdrop of placards that read "Stop South Korea-U.S.-Japan military cooperation and South Korea-U.S. joint military exercise that cause a war crisis," the peace activists called for peace on the Korean Peninsula. "It's a war crisis once again," said Jung Jong-sung, a civic activist who participated in the rally organized by the Korea Peace Appeal which is composed of hundreds of civic and rel

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Historical ship replica sails from Busan to Japan

A replica of a wooden ship that carried a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period (17-19 century) departs a port in the southern South Korean city of Busan for Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan on Aug. 1, 2023. The ship reproduced in 2018 traces the sea route the Korean emissaries took in the old days.

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Historical ship replica sails from Busan to Japan

A replica of a wooden ship that carried a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period (17-19 century) departs a port in the southern South Korean city of Busan for Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan on Aug. 1, 2023. The ship reproduced in 2018 traces the sea route the Korean emissaries took in the old days.

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S. Korean activists call for peace ahead of 70th anniversary of armistice agreement

STORY: S. Korean activists call for peace ahead of 70th anniversary of armistice agreement DATELINE: July 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of peace march and rally held by South Korean civic activists STORYLINE: South Korean civic activists on Saturday shouted for peace on the Korean Peninsula and in the world ahead of the 70th anniversary of the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-53 Korean War. Peace activists and ordinary people marched hundreds of meters from the Seoul plaza to the Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul to demand eased tensions on the peninsula and settlement of the peninsula issues through dialogue. The participants chanted slogans and held placards saying "Stop hostilities and go for peace now," "Let's open the door to dialogue by stopping combined South Korea-U.S. military exercises," and "Oppose South Korea-U.S.-Japan military cooperation." The march opened a peace rally, organized by the Korea Peace Appeal which is comp

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PEACE RALLY

(230722) -- SEOUL, July 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People participate in a peace rally in Seoul, South Korea, July 22, 2023. South Korean civic activists on Saturday shouted for peace on the Korean Peninsula and in the world ahead of the 70th anniversary of the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-53 Korean War. Peace activists and ordinary people marched hundreds of meters from the Seoul plaza to the Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul to demand eased tensions on the peninsula and settlement of the peninsula issues through dialogue. TO GO WITH "Roundup: S. Korean activists call for peace ahead of 70th anniversary of armistice agreement" (Photo by Yang Chang/Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PEACE RALLY

(230722) -- SEOUL, July 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People participate in a peace rally in Seoul, South Korea, July 22, 2023. South Korean civic activists on Saturday shouted for peace on the Korean Peninsula and in the world ahead of the 70th anniversary of the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-53 Korean War. Peace activists and ordinary people marched hundreds of meters from the Seoul plaza to the Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul to demand eased tensions on the peninsula and settlement of the peninsula issues through dialogue. TO GO WITH "Roundup: S. Korean activists call for peace ahead of 70th anniversary of armistice agreement" (Photo by Yang Chang/Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-PEACE RALLY

(230722) -- SEOUL, July 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People participate in a peace rally in Seoul, South Korea, July 22, 2023. South Korean civic activists on Saturday shouted for peace on the Korean Peninsula and in the world ahead of the 70th anniversary of the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-53 Korean War. Peace activists and ordinary people marched hundreds of meters from the Seoul plaza to the Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul to demand eased tensions on the peninsula and settlement of the peninsula issues through dialogue. TO GO WITH "Roundup: S. Korean activists call for peace ahead of 70th anniversary of armistice agreement" (Photo by Yang Chang/Xinhua)

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Endangered Siberian tiger found in NE China's forest

STORY: Endangered Siberian tiger found in NE China's forest DATELINE: July 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:16 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of siberian tigers STORYLINE: Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park NE China's Heilongjiang Province Wild Siberian tigers have been frequently spotted here recently. Siberian tigers, also known as Amur or Manchurian tigers, are one of the most endangered animals in the world. They mainly live in eastern Russia, northeast China, and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. China has launched a pilot national park project for Siberian tigers and Amur leopards, spanning an area of over 1.46 million hectares in the northeastern provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Harbin, China. (XHTV)

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N. Korea fires apparent ballistic missile

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 15, 2023, after North Korea fired what may have been a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan. The projectile fell into the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula.

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N. Korea fires apparent ballistic missile

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on June 15, 2023, after North Korea fired what may have been a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan. The projectile fell into the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula.

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N. Korea fires apparent ballistic missile

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on June 15, 2023, after North Korea fired what may have been a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan. The projectile fell into the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula.

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N. Korea fires apparent ballistic missile

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 15, 2023, after North Korea fired what may have been a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan. The projectile fell into the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula.

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Seoul-Tokyo parade to promote bilateral cultural exchange

Japanese and South Korean people participating in a parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period pose for a photo after arriving in Tokyo's Hibiya Park on May 23, 2023, after departing Seoul on April 1 for the over 1,000-kilometer journey. The biennial event that began in 2007 to deepen friendly ties between the two countries on a nongovernmental basis resumed after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Seoul-Tokyo parade to promote bilateral cultural exchange

Japanese and South Korean people participating in a parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period celebrate after arriving in Tokyo's Hibiya Park on May 23, 2023, after departing Seoul on April 1 for the over 1,000-kilometer journey. The biennial event that began in 2007 to deepen friendly ties between the two countries on a nongovernmental basis resumed after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Seoul-Tokyo parade to promote bilateral cultural exchange

Japanese and South Korean people participating in a parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period arrive in Tokyo's Hibiya Park on May 23, 2023, after departing Seoul on April 1 for the over 1,000-kilometer journey. The biennial event that began in 2007 to deepen friendly ties between the two countries on a nongovernmental basis resumed after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Seoul-Tokyo parade to promote bilateral cultural exchange

Japanese and South Korean people participating in a parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period head to its destination, Tokyo's Hibiya Park, on May 23, 2023, after departing Seoul on April 1 for the over 1,000-kilometer journey. The biennial event that began in 2007 to deepen friendly ties between the two countries on a nongovernmental basis resumed after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea envoys

(From L) Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Kim Gunn, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea, pose for photos in Seoul on April 7, 2023.

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U.S.-S. Korea talks

U.S. special representative for North Korea Sung Kim (L) shakes hands with Kim Gunn, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, during a meeting in Seoul on April 6, 2023.

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CORRECTED: Seoul-Tokyo parade to promote bilateral cultural exchange

Japanese and South Korean people participating in a parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period leave Seoul's Gyeongbokgung Palace on April 1, 2023, for an over 1,000-kilometer and some 50-day journey bound for Tokyo's Hibiya Park. The biennial event that began in 2007 to deepen friendly ties between the two countries on a nongovernmental basis resumed after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Seoul-Tokyo parade to promote bilateral cultural exchange

Japanese and South Korean people participating in a parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period leave Seoul's Gyeongbokgung Palace on April 1, 2023, for an over 1,000-kilometer and some 50-day journey bound for Tokyo's Hibiya Park. The biennial event that began in 2007 to deepen friendly ties between the two countries on a nongovernmental basis resumed after a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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CORRECTED: Seoul-Tokyo parade to promote bilateral cultural exchange

Japanese and South Korean people participating in a parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period leave Seoul's Gyeongbokgung Palace on April 1, 2023, for an over 1,000-kilometer and some 50-day journey bound for Tokyo's Hibiya Park. The biennial event that began in 2007 to deepen friendly ties between the two countries on a nongovernmental basis resumed after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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S. Korean peace activists cry out for end to war exercise with U.S.

STORY: S. Korean peace activists cry out for end to war exercise with U.S. DATELINE: March 13, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:25 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rally 2. SOUNDBITE (Korean): LEE JIN-HO, Rally participant STORYLINE: South Korean peace activists have cried out over the weekend for an end to the war exercise with the United States as it was feared to escalate military tensions on the Korean Peninsula and in the region. Hundreds of peace activists gathered near the presidential office in central Seoul on Saturday to demand the stopping of the Freedom Shield (FS), the South Korea-U.S. joint military exercise that kicked off on Monday and would last for 11 days until March 23. The protesters marched about 3.6 km in line to a plaza beside the Seoul metropolitan government building, where thousands more joined the protest rally. SOUNDBITE (Korean): LEE JIN-HO, Rally participant "It raises tensions as the United States is carrying out the large-scale South Korea-U.S. joint milit