Models show off "wasong" herb, or houseleeks, at a grocery chain operated by Nonghyup or the Agricultural Cooperative Federation in Seoul on June 23, 2015, in this photo provided by Nonghyup. Wasong looks similar to a pine cone and helps fight cancer, prevent aging and adult diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure and strengthens the liver. (Yonhap)
2015-06-23 17:10:23 KST
Private garden from Joseon Dynasty
Tourists visit a pavilion in Soswaewon Garden, a 16th-century private garden from the 1392-1910 Joseon Dynasty, in Damyang, Jeollanam-do, southwestern South Korea, in this photo provided by the Damyang municipality on June 22, 2015. Visitors to the garden, where the beauty of traditional Korea is preserved, can experience wind traveling through bamboo forests and the sound of clean flowing water in the valley. (Yonhap)
2015-06-23 09:27:23 KST
President Park visits drought-hit village
President Park visits drought-hit village President Park Geun-hye sprinkles water onto the rice paddy hit by drought in Ganghwa, west of Seoul, on June 21, 2015 (Yonhap)
2015-06-22 18:10:20 KST
Kim Jong-un praises 1st female supersonic fighter pilots
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) meets with two female supersonic fighter pilots -- Jo Kum-hyang and Rim Sol -- during their training flight, in this photo released on June 22, 2015, by the North's Rodong Sinmun. The paper, published by the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, did not report when the training was conducted. Kim congratulated them as the North's first female supersonic fighter pilots on their successful training and called them "flowers of the sky," according to the report. (Yonhap)
2015-06-22 18:08:33 KST
Yoga demonstration in Seoul Square
Yoga practitioners gather at Seoul Plaza in front of Seoul City Hall to mark the first International Yoga Day on June 21, 2015. The United Nations declared June 21 as International Yoga Day at the request of India in 2014. (Yonhap)
2015-06-22 11:04:23 KST
S. Korean parliamentary leader meets with WHO chief
National Assembly Speaker Chung Ui-hwa (R) poses for a photo with Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, during their meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul on June 19, 2015. (Yonhap)
2015-06-19 17:25:41 KST
Korea Night event at Dodger Stadium
Kim Hyun-myung (2nd from L), the South Korean consul general in Los Angeles, and Kim Tae-shik (far R), chief of the Los Angeles office of the Korea Tourism Organization, pose for a photo with two U.S. veterans of the 1950-53 Korean War during the Korea Night festivities ahead of a baseball game between the Dodgers and the Texas Rangers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 17, 2015. (Yonhap)
2015-06-19 09:21:30 KST
Drought hits S. Korea
People hold a traditional Korean ritual in the city of Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, northeast of Seoul, on June 17, 2015, to pray for rain as the country suffers from drought. (Yonhap)