Air Force chief visits air, space operations center South Korea’s Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Lee Young-su (C, front row) poses for a photo during a visit to the Korea Air and Space Operation Center at the Air Force Operations Command in Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of Seoul, on Dec. 4, 2023, in this photo provided by the Air Force. (Yonhap)
Snow on Jiri mountainJ iri mountain is covered with snow in South Gyeongsang Province on Dec. 3, 2023, in this photo provided by the province’s Hamyang county. (Yonhap)
S. Korea’s satellite on SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from U.S. base A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying South Korea’s first indigenous spy satellite lifts off from the U.S. Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Dec. 1, 2023 (local time), in this photo provided by SpaceX. (Yonhap)
N. Korea’s local council elections North Korean voters react after casting ballots in local elections to pick new deputies for local assemblies of provinces, cities and counties on Nov. 26, 2023, in this photo released by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency. (Yonhap)
Drill against N. Korean infiltration Soldiers from the Army’s 11th Infantry Division, based on the border with North Korea, conduct an anti-infiltration drill on Nov. 27, 2023, in this photo provided by the division. (Yonhap)
N. Korea’s reception marking successful launch of spy satellite This photo, captured from North Korea’s Central TV on Nov. 24, 2023, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (2nd from L) and his daughter Ju-ae (L) attending a reception hosted by the North Korean government at Mokran House in Pyongyang the previous day, in celebration of the successful launch of the North’s reconnaissance satellite, Malligyong-1. North Korea fired a rocket carrying the satellite in Tongchang-ri in northwestern North Korea at 10:42 p.m. on Nov. 21, placing the spy satellite into orbit. (Yonhap)
S. Korea-Britain summit South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (C) poses for a photo with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (R) and his wife, Akshata Murty, at 10 Downing Street in London on Nov. 22, 2023. (Yonhap)
Kimchi Day More than 1,000 people take part in a kimchi making contest at a square in Gwangju, 267 kilometers south of Seoul, on Nov. 22, 2023, Kimchi Day. (Yonhap)
