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  • A North Korean flag (L) flutters from a tower in the North Korean village of Gijungdong as a South Korean flag (R) is seen at Daesungdong freedom village of South Korea, near the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul May 26, 2010. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • Soldiers salute during a temporary sacrificial ritual after exhuming the remains of three South Korean soldiers who were believed to have been killed by North Korean soldiers during the 1950-53 Korean War, at an excavation site on the summit of Sang, 1,290 m (4,232 ft) above sea level, which was one of the battlefields of the Mount Seorak combat during the war, in Goseong, about 200 km (124 miles) northeast of Seoul, June 19, 2013. According to the Agency for KIA ( Killed in Action) Recovery and Identification of South Korean Defence Ministry, about 160,000 South Korean soldiers were killed or missing during the war and the bodies of 130,000 among them, were not collected since the Korean War ended with an armistice. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • A Catholic writes the Korean characters for "Unification" on a steel wall during a mass for peace and reunification of the Korean peninsula at Imjingak Peace Park in Paju, near the demilitarised zone separating North Korea from South Korea, June 17, 2011. About 20,000 South Korean Catholics participated in the mass. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • South Korean peace activists rally against visiting U.S. President Donald Trump near the presidential Blue House where the summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-In and Trump was being held in Seoul, South Korea, Nov 7, 2017. Trump arrived in Seoul on Tuesday, Nov 7 on a state visit, becoming the first U.S. president to do so in 25 years. He will leave to China on Wednesday, Nov 8 after giving a special speech at the South Korean parliament, becoming the first U.S. president to do so in 24 years. The two leaders agreed to completely remove the limit on the payload of South Korean ballistic missiles and discuss South Korea's introduction of nuclear-powered submarines and other advanced weapons, local media reported. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • North Korean defector living in South Korea, Han Seo-hee, poses at a studio of a South Korean television talk show in Goyang, north of Seoul June 14, 2012. Han was a member of an elite, secret performance unit for former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and now she struggles to make jokes on a South Korean television programme.  /Lee Jae-Won
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  • A North Korean village and military facilities in Kaepung county, North Hwanghae province, are seen in this picture taken from Ganghwa Peace Observatory of South Korea, about 2 km (1.2 miles) south of the North Korean territory, in Ganghwa, 56 km (35 miles) northwest of Seoul, South Korea, Dec 4, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Policemen carry a supporter (C) of former South Korean President Park Geun-Hye as her supporters hold a sit-in in front of her home in an attempt to block her before she leaves to go to the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Mar 30, 2017. The court held a hearing on Thursday to decide whether to issue an arrest warrant for her over corruption allegations that fired her. South Korea's prosecutors filed the request on Monday to detain Park Geun-Hye on charges of abuse of authority, coercion, bribery and leaking government secrets, citing the graveness of the alleged crimes and the possibility of the destruction of evidence, local media reported. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Choi Soon-Sil, a close friend of then South Korean President Park Geun-hye, arrives at the special prosecutors office in Seoul, South Korea, Feb 25, 2017. The special prosecutors started after President Park was impeached by the parliament in December, 2016 on allegations that her confidante Choi Soon-sil exerted influence on national affairs without any position in the administration as she was seeking to extort money from conglomerates, according to local media. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Names of South Korean soldiers, whose bodies were not collected after the Korean War, are seen on a memorial tablet at the national cemetery in Seoul June 25, 2013. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • North Korean soldiers patrol behind a concrete border as a South Korean soldier (L) keeps watch at the truce village of the Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, north of Seoul, September 14, 2011. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • North Koreans walk at a North Korean village in Kaepung county, North Hwanghae province, in this picture taken from Ganghwa Peace Observatory of South Korea, about 2 km (1.2 miles) south of the North Korean territory, in Ganghwa, 56 km (35 miles) northwest of Seoul, South Korea, Dec 4, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • True believers in late President Park Chung-Hee and his daughter and current President Park Geun-Hye hold the Stars and Stripes and South Korean flags during a rally staged to support the president near the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Mar 9, 2017, a day before the Constitutional Court's ruling on President Park Geun-Hye's impeachment. Park was impeached by the national assembly last December for allegedly letting her long time friend Choi Soon-sil meddle in state affairs and colluding with her to extort millions of dollars from chaebols, including Samsung. The ruling on her impeachment will be delivered by the court at A.M. 11:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Friday, March 10, 2017. If the Constitutional Court upholds the impeachment, President Park should leave office permanently and presidential election is expected to he held on May 9, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • A customs officer checks as a vehicle of a South Korean company carrying products made in inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea, arrives at the customs, immigration and quarantine (CIQ) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the North from South Korea in Paju, north of Seoul April 27, 2013. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Former North Korean defectors living in the South playing the role of North Korean defectors fleeing in China, perform during a campaign in Seoul December 9, 2008. Attendants asked for protection of human rights of North Korean defectors wandering in China and not to send them back to North Korea by force. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • South Korean peace activists rally against visiting U.S. President Donald Trump near the presidential Blue House where the summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-In and Trump was being held in Seoul, South Korea, Nov 7, 2017. Trump arrived in Seoul on Tuesday, Nov 7 on a state visit, becoming the first U.S. president to do so in 25 years. He will leave to China on Wednesday, Nov 8 after giving a special speech at the South Korean parliament, becoming the first U.S. president to do so in 24 years. The two leaders agreed to completely remove the limit on the payload of South Korean ballistic missiles and discuss South Korea's introduction of nuclear-powered submarines and other advanced weapons, local media reported. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Lee Jae-Yong (C) arrives at the Seoul Central District Court to attend a court hearing to review the legality of his detention in Seoul, South Korea, Feb 16, 2017. South Korea's special prosecutors on Feb. 14, 2017 requested the arrest of Lee on charges of bribery which is connected with scandal that led to South Korean President Park Geun-hye's impeachment. Park was impeached on December 9, 2016 over a corruption scandal centering on her longtime confidante Choi Soon-Sil. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • A North Korean soldier (R) watches south as a South Korean soldier stands guard, between at the concrete border separating the two Koreas at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone in Paju, north of Seoul. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com/
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  • A North Korean military guard post and North Koreans in Kaepung county, North Hwanghae province, North Korea, are seen in this picture taken from Ganghwa Peace Observatory of South Korea, about 2 km (1.2 miles) south of North Korean territory, in Ganghwa, 56 km (35 miles) northwest of Seoul, South Korea, October 2, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Policemen are on stand-by behind barricades as supporters for former South Korean President Park Geun-Hye stage a protest after the Constitutional Court on Friday upheld the impeachment of President Park in Seoul, South Korea, Mar 11, 2017. The ruling made Park the country's first president to be sacked by the parliamentary impeachment. Park became an ordinary citizen and is expected to face questioning by the prosecution. Park was impeached by the parliament last December for allegedly letting her long time friend Choi Soon-sil meddle in state affairs and colluding with her to extort millions of dollars from chaebols, including Samsung, local media reported. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Choi Soon-Sil (C), a longtime friend of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court from a prison before Park's trial in Seoul, South Korea, August 4, 2017. Choi stood accused of influence-peddling. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • South Korean marines conduct a joint landing operation involving U.S. and South Korean troops in Pohang, about 370 km (231 miles) southeast of Seoul, November 14, 2007. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • South Korean soldiers from the Special Warfare Command participate in a drill at an unit in Inchon, west of Seoul November 3, 2006. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • A North Korean flag (far L) on top of a tower in Gijungdong and a South Korean flag (far R) on top of a tower in Taesung Freedom Village, near the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone (DMZ) separating two Koreas, are seen in this picture taken from a South Korean observatory, just about 2 km (1.2 miles) south of North Korean territory, in Paju, 35 km (22 miles) northwest of Seoul, South Korea, Sep 29, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • South Korean Ko Ju-rak (R), 82, who is originally from North Korea's Kabsan in North Hamkyong Province, his sons and grandchildren bow in the direction of the North during a traditional sacrificial ritual at Imjingak pavilion in Paju, north of Seoul September 22, 2010, on the occasion of Chuseok, the Korean Thanksgiving Day. Ko has not been able to visit his hometown since the 1950-53 Korean War. Chuseok is a time for Korean families to remember and honour their dead ancestors and Imjingak pavilion is the closest residents of the capitalist south can get to the border with the communist north. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • A South Korean soldier stands guard inside of the Military Armistice Commission building at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone (DMZ) separating North Korea from South Korea, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul, September 25, 2013. Panmunjom is located in one of the world's most heavily fortified frontiers, DMZ, the 4-km (2.5 mile) wide buffer that runs along the heavily armed military border. The divided Korean peninsula is still technically at war, with the 1950-53 Korean War ending in an armistice rather than a peace treaty. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • A North Korean soldier (top) looks on as a South Korean soldier stands guard at the truce village of the Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com/
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  • Middle and high school students attend a rally demanding South Korean President Park Geun-hye's resignation in Seoul, South Korea, Nov 5, 2016, a day after President Park said she will accept an investigation over a corruption scandal involving her confidante Choi Soon-sil. Tens of thousands of people marched in central Seoul after a rally as they demanded Park's resignation over a corruption scandal involving Choi who allegedly meddled in state affairs and pursued unlawful benefits for herself, local media reported. The Police said about 43,000 people gathered while organizers of the rally said about 150,000 people attended the rally. Signs read,"Park Geun-hye resign". Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • People attend a protest demanding resignation of South Korean President Park Geun-hye near the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Nov 19, 2016. About 1 million people attended a candlelight rally across South Korea on Saturday to demand resignation of President Park, whose longtime friend Choi Soon-sil and her close secretaries allegedly meddled in a variety of state affairs. Choi was arrested on charges of fraud and abuse of power early November, local media reported. President Park is suspected of having played a part in the corruption and influence-peddling scheme involving Choi and her key aides, prosecutors said on November 20, 2016 according to local media. Signs read,"Park Geun-hye resign". Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • A high school graduate who escaped from North Korea weeps during a graduation ceremony at Hangyeore Middle and High School, which was built to educate North Korean teenage defectors, in Anseong, about 80 km (50 miles) south of Seoul February 10, 2012. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • A North Korean flag on top of a tower in Gijungdong near the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone (DMZ) separating two Koreas, is seen in this picture taken from a South Korean observatory, just about 2 km (1.2 miles) south of North Korean territory, in Paju, 35 km (22 miles) northwest of Seoul, South Korea, Sep 29, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • North Korean soldiers (C) talk at a border village in Kaepung county, North Hwanghae province, in this picture taken from Ganghwa Peace Observatory of South Korea, about 2 km (1.2 miles) south of the North Korean territory, in Ganghwa, 56 km (35 miles) northwest of Seoul, South Korea, Dec 4, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Hangeul, the Korean alphabet is displayed at an observatory, just about 2 km (1.2 miles) south of North Korean territory, in Paju, 35 km (22 miles) northwest of Seoul, South Korea. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • A South Korean man and his son take pictures of them in front of a work that local artists created to criticize South Korean President Park Geun-hye (C), Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-Yong (L) and Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Mong-Koo during a rally in Seoul, South Korea, Jan 7, 2017. About 600,000 people on Saturday participated in a rally in Seoul, held over an influence-peddling scandal centered on Park and her long-time friend Choi Soon-Sil. Park and Choi allegedly extracted US$64.7 million from conglomerates to set up private foundations controlled by Choi. People demanded President Park to step down during a rally, which was held also to mourn over the 1,000th day of the Sewol Ferry disaster on April 16, 2014, which falls on January 9, 2016. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • People attend a candle-lit protest calling for resignation of South Korean President Park Geun-hye at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, South Korea, Nov 26, 2016. Organizers said about 1.9 million people joined in the protest across the country on Saturday as parliament prepares to impeach President Park after state prosecutors accused her of being an accomplice in the influence-peddling and corruption scandal linked to her longtime confidante Choi Soon-sil and her close secretaries, local media reported. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • The snow-covered North Korean village of Gijungdong is seen in this picture taken from a South Korean observation post, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com/
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  • A South Korean flag flutters in the wind on a South Korean observation post, just south of the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, north of Seoul January 1, 2011. North Korea called for end to confrontation and emphasised the need for dialogue with the South in a joint editorial published on Saturday by official newspapers, repeating the line from a year ago in the wake of clashes in 2010. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • A North Korean military guard post and a village in Kaepung county, North Hwanghae province, North Korea are seen in this picture taken from Ganghwa Peace Observatory of South Korea, about 2 km (1.2 miles) south of North Korean territory, in Ganghwa, 56 km (35 miles) northwest of Seoul, South Korea, October 2, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • North Korean soldiers working on the road and an ox cart are seen at a village in Kaepung county, North Hwanghae province, North Korea in this picture taken from Ganghwa Peace Observatory of South Korea, about 2 km (1.2 miles) south of North Korean territory, in Ganghwa, 56 km (35 miles) northwest of Seoul, South Korea, October 2, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Miniatures of the Comfort Women Statue or the Peace Monument symbolizing Korean Comfort Women or sex slaves by Japanese military during the Second World War, are displayed at a plaza in Seoul, South Korea, Aug 14, 2017, during an event to mark the memorial day for the victims, which falls on August 14, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye (C) arrives at the Seoul Central District Court from a prison before her trial in Seoul, South Korea, August 4, 2017. Park stood accused of bribery, abuse of power and leaks of government secrets. Park was impeached by the Constitutional Court on March 10, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • A North Korean village in Kaepung county, North Hwanghae province, North Korea is seen in this picture taken from Ganghwa Peace Observatory of South Korea, about 2 km (1.2 miles) south of North Korean territory, in Ganghwa, 56 km (35 miles) northwest of Seoul, South Korea, October 2, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • A North Korean soldier (R) works at a border village in Kaepung county, North Hwanghae province, North Korea in this picture taken from Ganghwa Peace Observatory of South Korea, about 2 km (1.2 miles) south of North Korean territory, in Ganghwa, 56 km (35 miles) northwest of Seoul, South Korea, October 2, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • The Comfort Women Statue or the Peace Monument symbolizing Korean Comfort Women or sex slaves by Japanese military during the Second World War, is seen after the Wednesday Rally against Japanese government to demand official apology from Tokyo, in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Oct 11, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • People walk past a South Korean soldier participating in an anti-biochemical terrorism drill in central Seoul May 8, 2013. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • Catholic nuns release dove-shaped balloons during a mass for peace and reunification of the Korean peninsula at Imjingak Peace Park in Paju, near the demilitarised zone separating North Korea from South Korea, June 17, 2011. About 20,000 South Korean Catholics participated in the mass. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • The Comfort Women Statue or the Peace Monument symbolizing Korean Comfort Women or sex slaves by Japanese military during the Second World War, is seen installed in a bus in Seoul, South Korea, Aug 17, 2017. Five blue buses numbered 151 in Seoul run from August 14 - September 30, 2017, carrying the peace monuments to mark the memorial day for the victims which falls on August 14, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • A North Korean village in Kaepung county, North Hwanghae province, North Korea, is seen in this picture taken from a South Korean observatory, just about 2 km (1.2 miles) south of North Korean territory, in Paju, 35 km (22 miles) northwest of Seoul, South Korea, Sep 29, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Daegu, South Korea. 7th March 2014. A model presents a creation by South Korean designer CHOIBOKO during the 26th Daegu Collection, Daegu, South Korea, on Friday March 7, 2014. ©Lee Jae-Won
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  • South Koreans take part in a candle-light demonstration demanding apology from South Korean President Park Geun-Hye and calling for reform of national spy agency in central Seoul August 14, 2013. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • Ribbons bearing messages wishing for unification of the two Koreas hang on a barbed-wire fence at the Imjingak pavilion, near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) which separates the two Koreas in Paju, north of Seoul September 30, 2012, on the occasion of Chuseok, the Korean Thanksgiving Day. Chuseok is a time for Korean families to remember and honour their dead ancestors and Imjingak pavilion is the closest residents of the capitalist south can get to the border with the communist north. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • North Korean soldiers pose for a photo north of the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, about 55 km (31 miles) north of Seoul. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com/
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  • People hold signs containing names of victims of Sewol ferry disaster as they stage a silent protest on the eve of the third anniversary of Sewol ferry disaster in Seoul, South Korea, Apr 15, 2017. The Sewol Ferry sank off South Korea's southwestern coast near Jindo on April 16, 2014 during a journey from Incheon to Jeju. The Ferry was carrying 475 crew and passengers, mostly high school students on a school trip. More than 300 people died and nine are still missing. The Sewol was built in Japan in 1994 and it was decommissioned ship already when South Korea imported it from Japan in late 2012. South Korean government led by at the time President Lee Myung-Bak increased the maximum ship age from 20 to 30 years in 2009 as part of a drive to relax regulations, local media reported. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Residents and peace activists march toward a Lotte golf course during a rally against a plan of the U.S. and South Korea to deploy a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery in Seongju, about 260 km southeast of Seoul, South Korea, Mar 18, 2017. The U.S. and South Korea had agreed to station the anti-missile battery with a high-powered radar on a Lotte golf course in Seongju to counter missile threats from North Korea but China opposed the deployment as they asserted the United States will spy on Chinese military with THAAD. China recently ordered their travel agencies to stop selling group tours to South Korea. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Google Chairman Eric Schmidt (R), South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol (C) and Demis Hassabis, CEO of the AlphaGo developer Google DeepMind, attend a pre-match press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Mar 8, 2016. The historic human-computer showdown in the ancient board game begins on Wednesday in Seoul, with the winner's prize of US$1 million at stake. The matches will be also held at the same place on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday and will end next Tuesday. The prize will be donated to UNICEF and other charities, if AlphaGo wins, local media reported. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA)  www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Participants march during a candle-lit protest against South Korean government in Seoul May 24, 2014. According to local media, about 30,000 South Koreans demonstrated on Saturday to mourn for the victims of Sewol ferry and to wish for the return of missing passengers as they demanded to investigate President Park Geun-Hye and reveal the facts of the ferry tragedy which left more than 300 people dead or missing after it was sunken in southwestern waters of the country on April 16, 2014. (Photo by Lee Jae-Won/SOUTH KOREA)
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  • Jessica Michibata, girlfriend of McLaren Formula One driver Jenson Button of Britain, arrives in the rain ahead of the South Korean F1 Grand Prix at the Korea International Circuit in Yeongam October 24, 2010. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • Middle school students shout slogans before jumping from a tower during a military training at a temporary camp for civilians organised by South Korean marines in Pohang, about 370 km (230 miles) southeast of Seoul, August 9, 2006. More than one thousand South Koreans including students, housewives and white-collar workers joined the summer marines camp. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • Members of conservative civic groups (not pictured), which consists of North Korean defectors living in South Korea, release balloons towards North Korea in Yeoncheon, near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, north of Seoul early August 21, 2013. The balloons contain soap, socks, condoms, rubber gloves, toothpaste, toothbrushes and leaflets denouncing the North Korean regime. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Paintings of North Korean hometowns drawn by people who are originally from North Korea, are displayed at an observatory, just about 2 km (1.2 miles) south of North Korean territory, in Paju, 35 km (22 miles) northwest of Seoul, South Korea, Sep 29, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Yuna Kim and Do Jong-Hwan, Nov 1, 2017 : South Korean Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Do Jong-Hwan (front L) and former Olympic figure skating champion Yuna Kim of South Korea, hold the Olympic flame upon arrival at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea. The Olympic flame arrived in Incheon, South Korea on Wednesday and it is going to be passed across the country during a 100-day tour until the opening ceremony of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics which will be held for 17 days from February 9 - 25, 2018. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • People attend a protest demanding resignation of South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, South Korea, Nov 19, 2016. About 1 million people attended a candlelight rally across South Korea on Saturday to demand resignation of President Park, whose longtime friend Choi Soon-sil and her close secretaries allegedly meddled in a variety of state affairs. Choi was arrested on charges of fraud and abuse of power early November, local media reported. President Park is suspected of having played a part in the corruption and influence-peddling scheme involving Choi and her key aides, prosecutors said on November 20, 2016 according to local media. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • People celebrate near the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea after the court upheld the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye. The court's eight justices unanimously ruled against her and Park became the first president ousted in South Korea, Mar 10, 2017. Park was impeached by the national assembly last December for allegedly letting her long time friend Choi Soon-sil meddle in state affairs and colluding with her to extort millions of dollars from chaebols, including Samsung. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Korean traditional Hanok village in Seoul, South Korea March. / Lee Jae-Won
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  • Daegu, South Korea. 7th March 2014. A model presents a creation by South Korean designer Chun Sang Doo during the 26th Daegu Collection, Daegu, South Korea, on Friday March 7, 2014.  ©Lee Jae-Won
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  • Thousands of South Koreans take part in a candle-light demonstration demanding an apology from South Korean President Park Geun-Hye to take responsibility for a spy agency scandal, reform of the national spy agency and organize a special prosecution team to investigate the scandal, in central Seoul August 23, 2013. Local media reported that the National Intelligence Service (NIS) conducted an online smear campaign to sway public opinion in favor of then ruling Saenuri party candidate Park before last December's presidential election. The spy agency's former chief Won Sei-hoon was indicted on June 14, 2013 in violation of election law, according to media reports. The signs read,"Park Geun-Hye take responsibility!" (C), "Examine truth with special prosecutor team!" (in blue) and "Park Geun-Hye who was elected illegally, resign!" (bottom L in red). /Lee Jae-Won
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  • Policemen (C) stand guard as fans in Seoul, early June 19, 2006, cheer for the South Korean team during the Group G World Cup 2006 soccer match against France in Leipzig, Germany. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • A South Korean captain from an unit of non-combat troops, carries his son on his back on the eve of his departure to Iraq at a departure ceremony at a military unit<br />
in Gwangju, about 40 km (25 miles) southeast of Seoul October 14, 2003. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • South Korean soldiers check military fences as they patrol near the demilitarized zone separating North Korea from South Korea, in Paju, north of Seoul February 12, 2013. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • The Peace Monument symbolizing Korean sex slaves by Japanese military during the Second World War, is seen in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Jan 9, 2018. South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said on Tuesday that the country will not seek renegotiation of a controversial 2015 deal it reached with Japan to settle feud over the sex slaves and said that it will set aside its own money to help the victims heal their wounds and recover their dignity, instead of using the fund that Japan contributed to under the agreement, local media reported. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • South Korea's Coast Guard vessels escort semi-submersible ship Dockwise White Marlin carrying Sewol Ferry en route to Mokpo New Port in Mokpo, about 311 km (193 miles) south of Seoul, South Korea, Mar 31, 2017. The Sewol Ferry sailed into the port on Friday, about three years after it sank off South Korea's southwestern coast near Jindo on April 16, 2014 during a journey from Incheon to Jeju. The Ferry was carrying 475 crew and passengers, mostly high school students on a school trip. More than 300 people died and nine are still missing. Authorities will search for the bodies of nine missing and look into the wreck to find cause of the sinking. The Sewol was built in Japan in 1994 and it was decommissioned ship already when South Korea imported it from Japan in late 2012. South Korean government led by at the time President Lee Myung-Bak increased the maximum ship age from 20 to 30 years in 2009 as part of a drive to relax regulations, local media reported. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Daegu, South Korea. 7th March 2014. A model presents a creation by South Korean designer Chun Sang Doo during the 26th Daegu Collection, Daegu, South Korea, on Friday March 7, 2014. ©Lee Jae-Won
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  • The Comfort Women Statue or the Peace Monument symbolizing Korean Comfort Women or sex slaves by Japanese military during the Second World War, is seen installed in a bus in Seoul, South Korea, Aug 17, 2017. Five blue buses numbered 151 in Seoul run from August 14 - September 30, 2017, carrying the peace monuments to mark the memorial day for the victims which falls on August 14, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Japanese-style colonial era buildings are seen at Nampo-dong Dried Seafood Market in Nampo-dong in the port city of Busan, about 420 km (261 miles) southeast of Seoul, South Korea, Nov 17, 2017. Japan colonized the Korean Peninsula from 1910-45. Nampo-dong is a central commercial and shopping area at the Busan Nam Port (Busan South Port) in Busan which is South Korea's second largest city. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Holding a flower, a South Korean girl assuming a North Korean girl appears after opening of a gate leading into the dimilitarized zone seperating the two Koreas near Dorasan station in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, during a ground breaking ceremony on September 18, 2002. Long-time rivals South and North Korea began work to relink railways and roads, in landmark events symbolically piercing the world's last Cold War frontier. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Suzy (miss A), Nov 1, 2017 : South Korean actress and singer from girl group miss A, Suzy, who is a torch bearer, attends the Olympic Torch Relay on the Incheon Bridge in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea. The Olympic flame arrived in Incheon, South Korea on Wednesday and it is going to be passed across the country during a 100-day tour until the opening ceremony of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics which will be held for 17 days from February 9 - 25, 2018.  Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • The Comfort Women Statue or the Peace Monument symbolizing Korean Comfort Women or sex slaves by Japanese military during the Second World War, is seen while people attend mass in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Mar 1, 2017. Wednesday marked the 98th anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement which took place in 1919 against Japanese colonial rule of Korea from 1910-45. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Park Geun-hye attends a national convention of then ruling Saenuri Party in Goyang, north of Seoul, August 20, 2012. Park defeated challengers from her conservative and right-wing party and was nominated candidate for the Dec. 19, 2012 presidential election. Park is the daughter of former military dictator Park Chung-hee who took power in a military coup in 1961 and ruled until his assassination in 1979. The late President Park was a lieutenant in the Japanese army during Japan's colonial rule over Korea and has been widely criticized when he imprisoned pro-democracy activists during his 18-year-seizure of power for "modernisation" of the country, according to local media. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Google Chairman Eric Schmidt (4th R), South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol (2nd R), Lee's wife Kim Hyun-jin (R) and Lee's daughter Lee Hye-rim (3rd R) attend a pre-match press conference in Seoul, South Korea, March 8, 2016. The historic human-computer showdown in the ancient board game begins on Wednesday in Seoul, with the winner's prize of US$1 million at stake. The matches will be also held at the same place on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday and will end next Tuesday. The prize will be donated to UNICEF and other charities, if AlphaGo wins, local media reported. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA)  www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Police buses (bottom) are deployed along the Cheonggye plaza to block protesters during a candlelight rally demanding tuition fees cuts in central Seoul June 10, 2011. Thousands of college students and supporting citizens continued protest demanding South Korean President Lee Myung-bak fulfil his presidential election pledge to cut tuition fees by half, and provide solutions for youth unemployment. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • China's Yu Dabao (C) controls the ball to shoot as South Korea's Jang Hyun-soo (L) and Lee Yong (R) look on, during their East Asian Cup soccer championship match in Hwaseong, south of Seoul July 24, 2013. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com/
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  • A South Korean soldier keeps watch northwards as he stands guard on the south side of the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, north of Seoul April 28, 2010. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • North Korean banknotes are displayed at Ganghwa Peace Observatory, just south of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, in Ganghwa, 56 km (35 miles) northwest of Seoul, South Korea, Dec 4, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • People greet Moon Jae-In (C), South Korea's presidential front-runner of Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) as he arrives to cast a ballot at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, May 9, 2017. South Koreans cast their ballots on Tuesday at 13,964 polling stations across the country to elect a new President who will lead the country for five years. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Two non-regular workers (top C) of subcontractors of LG Uplus and SK Broadband, who have been holding a sit-in on an advertising tower to demand working hour reduction and wage increase since February 6, 2015, chant slogans as other protesters march after a rally demanding resignation of South Korean President Park Geun-hye in central Seoul February 28, 2015. About 3,000 protesters attended the rally. The two workers also demand the two companies to make non-regular workers permanent. (Photo by Lee Jae-Won)<br />
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  • A man walks past an advertisement of a local bank in central Seoul April 8, 2010. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • Guards of honor from the South Korean marine corps wipe sweat after a performance at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul April 3, 2009. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • South Korean and U.S. Marines participate in a winter military drill in Pyeongchang, about 180 km (112 miles) east of Seoul February 7, 2013. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Paintings of North Korean hometowns drawn by people who are originally from North Korea, are displayed at an observatory, just about 2 km (1.2 miles) south of North Korean territory, in Paju, 35 km (22 miles) northwest of Seoul, South Korea, Sep 29, 2017. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Daegu, South Korea. 7th March 2014. A model presents a creation by South Korean designer Chun Sang Doo during the 26th Daegu Collection, Daegu, South Korea, on Friday March 7, 2014.  ©Lee Jae-Won
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  • Ferrari Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of Spain drives during the second practice session of the Korean F1 Grand Prix at the Korea International Circuit in Yeongam October 4, 2013. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • People bid farewell as a hearse carrying a coffin containing the body of deceased former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun moves on a street during the funeral for Roh in Seoul May 29, 2009. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • South Korean soldiers participate in a military drill near the demilitarized zone separating North Korea from South Korea, in Paju, north of Seoul February, 12, 2013. /Lee Jae-Won
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  • A boy with his puppy in front of a placard featuring residents' protest against the THAAD at Soseong-ri village in Seongju, about 300 km southeast of Seoul, South Korea, October 4, 2017. Soseong-ri village is about 2 km away from a U.S. military base, a former golf course of Lotte, where the U.S. Army installed the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system after South Korean government decided to install the U.S. missile defense shield as a countermeasure to nuclear and missile tests of North Korea while residents and civic groups were protesting against the installation. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Suzy (miss A), Nov 1, 2017 : South Korean actress and singer from girl group miss A, Suzy (C), who is a torch bearer, attends the Olympic Torch Relay on the Incheon Bridge in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea. The Olympic flame arrived in Incheon, South Korea on Wednesday and it is going to be passed across the country during a 100-day tour until the opening ceremony of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics which will be held for 17 days from February 9 - 25, 2018. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • You Young, Nov 1, 2017 : South Korean figure skater You Young (C) who is the first torch bearer runs with an Olympic torch at the Olympic Torch Relay on the Incheon Bridge in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea. The Olympic flame arrived in Incheon, South Korea on Wednesday and it is going to be passed across the country during a 100-day tour until the opening ceremony of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics which will be held for 17 days from February 9 - 25, 2018. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Yoo Jae-Suk, Nov 1, 2017 : South Korean TV host and comedian Yoo Jae-suk who is a torch bearer attends the Olympic Torch Relay on the Incheon Bridge in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea. The Olympic flame arrived in Incheon, South Korea on Wednesday and it is going to be passed across the country during a 100-day tour until the opening ceremony of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics which will be held for 17 days from February 9 - 25, 2018. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Won Sei-hoon (R), former chief of the National Intelligence Agency (NIS) walks to get on a bus heading to a prison, at a court compound in Seoul, South Korea, Aug 30, 2017. The Seoul High Court on Wednesday sentenced Won to four years in prison, finding him guilty of meddling in the 2012 presidential election of South Korea through a covert cyber operation, local media reported. The former spy agency chief Won Sei-hoon led the NIS from 2009 to 2013 and he is the close confidant of former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • People personating President Park Geun-Hye (2nd R) and justices (R and 3rd R) of the Constitutional Court, march toward presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Mar 10, 2017, after the court upheld the impeachment of President Park. The court's eight justices unanimously ruled against her and Park became the first president ousted in South Korea. Park was impeached by the national assembly last December for allegedly letting her long time friend Choi Soon-sil meddle in state affairs and colluding with her to extort millions of dollars from chaebols, including Samsung. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • Vice chairman of Samsung Electronics and the de facto leader of Samsung Group Lee Jae-Yong arrives at the special prosecutors office in Seoul, South Korea, Feb 25, 2017. Special prosecutors questioned Lee on Saturday again since he was arrested over bribery allegations related with a corruption scandal that led to President Park Geun-hye's impeachment in December, 2016. The Seoul Central District Court issued an arrest warrant for Lee on Feb. 17, 2017. Lee faces allegations that he gave or promised some 43 billion won (US$36.3 million) worth of bribes to the president's friend Choi Soon-sil in return for the government's backing of a merger of two Samsung affiliates in 2015, local media reported. Photo by Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) www.leejaewonpix.com
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  • A striking worker at Ssangyong Motor watches from the top of a paint factory of the automaker's plant as the management and the police surround the plant in Pyeongtaek, about 70 km (40 miles) south of Seoul, August 3, 2009. About 600 dismissed workers have been occupying the plant for 74 days, demanding talks over the management's plans for restructuring and a mass dismissal. The Korean characters read,"You would rather kill us all than you do not talk with us!". /Lee Jae-Won
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