President Moon Jae-in, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump held a historic trilateral meeting at the Demilitarized Zone on Saturday, after Kim accepted Trump’s unexpected offer to meet at the inter-Korean border. Accompanied by Kim, Trump crossed the Demarcation Line dividing the two Koreas. The two leaders also held talks in the Freedom House at the truce village of Panmunjom.Sunday, June 30Saturday, June 29 

The number of Chinese people visiting North Korea has seen a huge surge recently, especially since Chinese President Xi Jinping announced Tuesday his first official visit to Pyongyang.Several images and videos of Chinese tourists taken in North Korea were revealed through social media Thursday, coinciding with Xi’s arrival.  By Choi Ji-won (jwc@heraldcorp.com)

Participants pose in a ceremony to deliver a scholarship worth 100 million won ($84,300) in the name of the late CEO of Incheon International Airport Corporation, Lee Chae-wook, Friday at the auditorium of the Haneul Academy. The donation was made upon the wish of Lee, who passed away in March this year at 73. Haneul Academy, a private high school located in Incheon, opened in 2011 based on 50 billion won in subsidies from IIAC during the time Lee was heading the airport corporation, as par

Commemorating Memorial Day, the bereaved families of soldiers and patriots who died during the fight for liberation from Japanese colonial rule and the Korean War visit the National Cemetery in Daejeon on Thursday.    By The Korea Herald (khnews@heraldcorp.com)

William B. Stanton, Citibank Korea’s head of commercial bank, speaks at the “Singapore Digital Day” seminar, hosted by the Korean unit of the international banking giant, at Google Campus in Seoul on Wednesday. Around 100 corporate strategy, planning and treasury officers as well as Yip Wei Kiat, Singapore’s ambassador to Korea, attended the event, where experts shared their knowledge of the digital market and global opportunities in Singapore and ASEAN nations. (Citibank

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon participates in a ceremony to celebrate the launch of the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s care and welfare brand Seoul Care at Seoul Metropolitan Seonam Hospital on Tuesday.  The hospital was established in 2011 to enhance public medical services in the southwestern part of Seoul. It is the first of 12 Seoul-run hospitals to change its signboard to reflect the Seoul Care brand. 　　

Korea International Trade Association Chairman Kim Young-ju (left) and Industry Minister Sung Yun-mo attend the opening ceremony of Startup Branch on Tuesday at Coex in southern Seoul.  The space, divided into four areas -- offices, a pitching center, a consultation area and a cafeteria -- is designed to run programs that help local startups advance overseas. 

 

POSING WITH BASQUIAT -- Choi Jung-wha (third from left, second row), head of the Corea Image Communication Institute, Kim Young-ho (fourth from left, second row), Ilshin Spinning chairman, and H.E. Federico Failla (fifth from left, second row), Italian ambassador to Korea, pose for photos next to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s painting “TBT,” along with other guests at “Korea CQ, 5.4 Club,” an event hosted by CICI at the Ilshin Spinning headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, Tuesday. (CICI)

In South Korea on Wednesday, schools around the nation marked Teachers’ Day with events that brought teachers and students together. Students here can only express appreciation to teachers through letters and handmade presents, as giving any other gifts to teachers has been prohibited since September 2016 when the anti-graft law took place.A teacher and students pose for a picture at an elementary school in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, Wednesday. The students are wearing paper carnations and m

SKT-MICROSOFT PARTNERSHIP -- SK Telecom CEO Park Jung-ho (left) and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shake hands during a meeting at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington. SKT said Monday the two have signed a memorandum of understanding agreeing to collaborate in areas including 5G, artificial intelligence and cloud computing to foster new business opportunities. (SKT)　

PLAYING WITH LIGHT, SHADOW -- This photo shows an installation view of Chinese artist Wu Guanzhen’s solo exhibition at Seoul Arts Center, which ended Thursday. The latest exhibition in Seoul featured works created by applying lacquer to sheets of ramie, which allows the lights to pass the semi-transparent canvas, leaving shadows on the wall. (Wu Guanzhen Art Studio)

 Royal azaleas are in full bloom at the Gunpo Cheoljjuk Festival, in Gunpo, Gyeonggi province. The azaleas, known as “cheoljjuk” in Korean, are native to Korea and go into full bloom at the end of April.  (Yonhap)

From left: President of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies Hahm Chai-bong; Chung Mong-joon, founder and chairman of the Asan Institute; Edwin J. Feulner, founder of the Heritage Foundation; Karen E. House, a senior fellow at Harvard Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Paul Wolfowitz, a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute; and Lee Hong-koo, chairman at the Seoul Forum for International Affairs and former prime minister, attend an event for the launch of the E