A staffer reorganizes frozen food products at Hanaro Mart in Yangjae, southern Seoul, Thursday. To combat inflation ahead of the Chuseok fall harvest holiday next month, the government said it is mulling ways to increase the supply of key food products and to provide special financial support to small businesses. Consumer prices soared 6.3 percent on-year in July, the fastest rise in 24 years.

A signboard at a gas station in Seoul shows decreased gasoline and diesel prices on Wednesday. The nationwide barometer fell on Tuesday to 1,881.75 won ($1.44) and 1,969.64 won per liter, respectively, according to data provided on the Korea National Oil Corporation‘s Oil Price Information Network. South Korea saw a 12.2 percent and 9.1 percent decrease in gasoline and diesel prices, respectively, from its peak price of 2,144.90 won and 2,167.66 won in late June.

An environmental activist displays the radiation level of a portable fan at a civic group’s office in Seoul on Tuesday. The group, called Asian Citizen’s Center for Environment and Health, claimed handheld fans emitted harmful levels of electromagnetic radiation, a day after the Ministry of Science and ICT concluded that the fans met international safety standards after reviewing 20 different small portable fans on the market.

With August just around the corner, a multitude of footsteps and the sound of luggage wheels marked the start of peak vacation season at Gimpo International Airport on Friday. The peak season in Korea begins in late June to mid-August, culminating to a peak at the first two weeks of August. Passengers at airports have quadrupled within a few weeks, after a two-year freeze in air travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Even with the recent resurgence of COVID-19 patients, people in masks are waiting

The unveiling ceremony of the Wall of Remembrance at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC was held on Wednesday, with names of 43,808 fallen heroes of the 1950-53 war displayed on the lengthy black granite board. The ceremony was held on the very day the Korean War came to a close 69 years ago. High-profile officials from South Korea and the US, as well as 2,000 citizens gathered to honor and lay flowers for those whose names are on the wall. 

A woman performs a hydroflying show at Caribbean Bay, Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, Monday.

  Under the beaming sunlight, vacationers enjoy beach time at Songjeong Beach in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, one of the country’s most popular summer travel destinations, on Saturday. Some people take a rest in the shade of pine trees to escape from the blistering heat wave. As the scorching weather continued over the weekend, holidaymakers have been flocking to beaches to frolic in the cool, clear waters. Children enjoy swimming at Dolmeori Beach Dolmeori Beach in Hampyeong, South

Flight attendants are seen at Incheon Airport Terminal 2 on Thursday, as the gradual increase in the number of international flights has prompted airline employees to return to work. According to the aviation industry, Korean Air employees’ leave of absence rate this month recorded less than 20 percent. Flight attendants all over the airport industry have been on extended leave due to a pandemic-induced hiatus, but employees have been sequentially coming back since the beginning of this ye

A media art tower displays content favored by younger people at an experience hall called HiKR Ground, set up at the Korea Tourism Organization in Seoul, Wednesday.

The annual Seoul Queer Culture Festival returned to the streets of Seoul on Saturday after a two-year pandemic hiatus. This year’s event took place but not without controversy as it took more than two months for the city government to grant it’s approval, drawing criticism from activists and event organizers. Though the main event, including a march through central Seoul, took place Saturday, the festival, which also includes an LGBT film event, runs until the end of July.

Gimpo Airport was busy with passengers on Friday morning as the number of COVID-19 cases continued to rise in South Korea. The photo shows travelers waiting in line to get on board their train. Earlier this month, data from the transport ministry showed that the number of domestic and international flights reached 4.6 million, up 4.6 percent from the previous month. The country saw 41,310 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, including 287 from overseas, according to the Korea Disease Control

The UN-Habitat Korean National Committee signed a deal with the Economic Crisis Management Research Institute on Friday in Yeouido, western Seoul, to establish a cooperative relationship for the realization of the UN‘s Sustainable Development Goals and new urban agenda. (UN-Habitat Korean National Committee)

  Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Chung Euisun (left) and Hyundai Motor Group CEO Chang Jae-hoon (right) pose with 2022 Genesis Scottish Open winner Xander Schauffele (center) at the Renaissance Club in East Lothian, Scotland, on Thursday.  Genesis became a new title sponsor of one of Europe’s top-tier Rolex Series tournaments last year and renamed the tournament the Genesis Scottish Open this year. Schauffele finished at 7-under 273, one shot ahead of Kurt Kitayama, taki

K-pop girl group aespa on Friday premiered the title track “Girls” of their second EP on the opening stages of the Good Morning America’s summer concert at the Rumsey Playfield in the Central Park in New York. According to the group’s agency S.M. Entertainment, aespa became to the first K-pop girl group to perform at the summer concert series hosted by ABC, a major US television network.   The four-member group also delivered performances of “Black Mamba

President Yoon Suk-yeol holds a baby doll in a sling from a woman-owned baby product maker on display at the Korean Federation of Small and Medium Business headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, on Tuesday before attending a ceremony to encourage female entrepreneurs. The president and first lady Kim Keon-hee have no child. (Yonhap)